Blog and updates
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14 Nov 2021
The beginning of the end for Boris Johnson's government?
Apparently endless stories of party sleaze may finally be catching up with the PM.
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9 Nov 2021
Boris Johnson and the pros and cons of presidential style
There was a great article in The Guardian recently that acts as another reminder of the fact that the presidentialisation of the office of PM is a double-edged sword.
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8 Nov 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 08 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz and it's another 'sleaze' issue! Several questions revolve around the 'Owen Paterson' row, the Lord who paid for Boris Johnson's Spanish holiday 18 months...
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7 Nov 2021
Is the outcome of the next election being decided now?
Will Boris Johnson's poor handling of sleaze allegations cost his party the next election?
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4 Nov 2021
Great resource for facilitating learning on electoral reform
A heads up for teachers new to teaching Politics, and a reminder for old hands...
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3 Nov 2021
Bad news for Biden - with video of gaffe prone POTUS
The Virginia gubernatorial race was seen to be a quasi referendum on the President's popularity
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1 Nov 2021
Hear the one about the search for a Labour hereditary peer?
A strange story that gives us cause to revisit the old chestnut of Lords reform.
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1 Nov 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 01 November 2021
It's back! After a half term break the weekly quiz on UK politics has returned. Who replaced Keir Starmer for PMQs after testing positive for Covid? Which ambassador was summoned to the government...
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30 Oct 2021
Pressure groups: a tale of two issues
How Insulate Britain and the campaign against raw sewage can be seen to have achieved differing levels of success. Or have they?
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29 Oct 2021
Is Biden doomed to fail?
The US President is under severe pressure to avoid seeing his key campaign pledges tank
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26 Oct 2021
Select committees not always successful in scrutiny role
These bodies are important, but here is a good example of when they fail
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22 Oct 2021
The significance of black politicians in the UK
How well are BME communities represented in British politics?
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20 Oct 2021
The right to protest in an age of irrationality
Interesting discussion with my twilight Oxbridge group on these two video clips
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18 Oct 2021
How the folks back home are a massive influence on the voting patterns of members of US Congress
Senator Joe Manchin set to block key Biden energy plan
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15 Oct 2021
Is politics in Britain broken?
Channel 4 news have been given access to a new report by More In Common that reveals that there is a bigger disconnect between politicians and the people than ever.
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13 Oct 2021
The joint report on the government's response to covid: the effectiveness of select committees
Yet again they prove that they are tremendously effective organs of executive scrutiny
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12 Oct 2021
American decline discussion for Oxbridge prep using the Harkness Method
I've just conducted another Oxbridge tutorial session via this method
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11 Oct 2021
Free period products in Californian schools
A good example of the advantages of federalism
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11 Oct 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 11 October 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. New Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries took a pop at which organisation? Boris Johnson has said that he is not in favour of including what act as a hate...
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