Blog and updates
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4 Jan 2022
Is it the end of "the end of history"?
Fascinating article in the i that suggests that Francis Fukuyama's well worn thesis is now highly questionable
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15 Dec 2021
Whither the Human Rights Act?
Dominic Raab, as Justice Secretary, has unveiled new and controversial plans
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12 Dec 2021
Is the party over?
Is the party that never was the 'event' that finally blows the current PM off course?
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9 Dec 2021
Festive Quiz Pack 2021 for A-Level Politics
Here are two subject-specific PowerPoint-based quizzes to use in the last few days of a challenging term! Each quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive...
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8 Dec 2021
Is Britain drifting towards some sort of Orwellian dystopia?
So says Camilla Cavendish in a brilliant article in the Financial Times - as part of the FT For Schools programme, you should be able to access this
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6 Dec 2021
Voting behaviour, the young and social media
An interesting feature in today's paper about the significance of different platforms and how the youth vote works
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6 Dec 2021
US politics is more polarised than ever
One might think that post Trump the opposite would be true. Not according to Jonathan Friedland.
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6 Dec 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 06 December 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which minister is Lisa Nandy now shadowing? Why is Lindsay Hoyle calling in the police? What type of second job has been given up by three Conservative...
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5 Dec 2021
Politics recommend reads 2021
Should be of interest to all Politics students, but those looking at UCAS 2022 might need to pay closer attention?
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4 Dec 2021
US Supreme Court and a potentially fundamental reversal of abortion rights
How what one of the framers of the constitution called the least dangerous branch of government can, in fact, exercise real political power
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30 Nov 2021
PM power and Boris Johnson - essay preparation exercise
Great article recently in the Guardian that I am planning to use with my for my Oxbridge Politics group. Also useful, I think, as essay prep
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29 Nov 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 29 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which MP was told that she should not bring her children into the Westminster debating chambers? Which cabinet minister was 'disinvited' to a European...
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23 Nov 2021
Questions about Boris Johnson's leadership (and Peppa Pig) - includes video
An editorial in today's Evening Standard was quite stinging about the PM
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22 Nov 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 22 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Who has highjacked social media according to Nadine Norries? What voting reform will impact unfairly on disadvantaged groups? A formal agreement has been...
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19 Nov 2021
14 year old boy stopped by police 30 times. Why?
Quite remarkable headline caught my attention, and raises question again about policing in the UK
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17 Nov 2021
Great article on Lords reform for class discussion
John Harris in The Guardian article under the heading: "The Lords is a scandal in plain sight. If we won’t abolish it now, then when?"
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16 Nov 2021
Is reform of the House of Lords long overdue?
So says an author on the Electoral Reform Society's (ERS) website.
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15 Nov 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 15 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. I wanted to avoid any questions about sleaze this week as it has featured so prominently in the quizzes over recent weeks. I failed. There are questions...
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