If you ever have to discuss plagiarism with your students this BBC news video could be a great help!

The BBC reports that a Canadian Conservative Party speech-writer has resigned after Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused of plagiarising a speech he made in 2003. The Liberal Party has compiled a video montage which compares Stephen Harper’s speech with one by then Australian PM John Howard. Mr Howard made his speech two days prior to Mr Harper.

My students wanted to know why it took more than five years for this alleged plagiarism of a speech by the former Australian PM to come to public notice. But it created a reaction as the best news clips tend to do!