Blog and updates
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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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7 Oct 2021
Devolution differences: the Welsh smacking ban
Wales is set to be the second country in the UK to make it illegal to smack children
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6 Oct 2021
The new elections bill: what's all the fuss about?
What is it, and why is it proving to be so controversial? With activities
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5 Oct 2021
Blair and Brown: the New Labour Revolution - some questions for students
I would strongly encourage all A Level students to watch it. It comes with the important caveat emptor, that is does contain some strong language.
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4 Oct 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 04 October 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which former Tory MP attended the Labour Party conference? Who quit as a Labour frontbencher? Which party elected two new joint leaders? All this and...
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29 Sept 2021
The German elections and the system for electing MPs
Do events in Germany this week strengthen or weaken the case for electoral reform in the UK?
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27 Sept 2021
American decline: Global Politics and useful Oxbridge prep
One of the most interesting topics on the Global Politics route is the debate about whether American hegemony is over - includes videos
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27 Sept 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 27 September 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Who avoided the use of the word 'scum' whilst deputising for Keir Starmer at PMQs? Which city will not be getting an 8-storey high Union Jack on a...
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24 Sept 2021
Reworking referendums?
The Irish abortion referendum might be something of a template as to how future UK votes are handled
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22 Sept 2021
Pressure group tactics spectacularly backfiring
Does M25 protestor Liam Norton walking off morning breakfast show GMB strengthen or damage the case of Insulate Britain - includes video
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20 Sept 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 20 September 2021
It has been a week of doing the hokey cokey in Boris Johnson's Cabinet so the re-shuffle dominates the news stories. Who was the last female Foreign Secretary before Liz Truss? Which remit has NOT...
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16 Sept 2021
Johnson's cabinet reshuffle: context and research exercise
You'd have to have been sleeping in a cave not to have heard about the game of musical chairs at the heart of government.
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14 Sept 2021
Another week, another example of direct action
Insulate Britain protested by blocking the M25. Why?
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