Blog and updates
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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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13 Sept 2021
Government to push forward with more devolution
The Local Government Minister announced plans in an interview with the FT this week
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13 Sept 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 13 September 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Who was accused of attending a meeting without any government officials present? Which is the 'quietest' day in the Commons? Which minister said that she...
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8 Sept 2021
Re-evaluating success of Extinction Rebellion (XR)
Interesting article on XR in the paper
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6 Sept 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 06 September 2021
Our weekly UK politics news quiz is back! A warm welcome to regular and new users of the quiz. We have 10 multi-choice questions based upon news stories from the last 7 days. The SNP have gone into...
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2 Sept 2021
Devolution in the UK: success or failure?
A couple of examples from the same newspaper this week to add to a typical A Level question
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1 Sept 2021
Heads up - TV and film
Three great things to watch for Politics students to fill up the final moments of the holidays
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31 Aug 2021
Independents and third parties in the UK
Fascinating article on BBC about increased success of independent and third parties at local level in recent years
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28 Aug 2021
Questioning the Effectiveness of the UK Parliament
His does the Afghanistan debate (August 2021) fit into this narrative?
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19 Aug 2021
Food for thought (Oxbridge prep material)
A couple of articles for students who want to take thinking about politics beyond A Level
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13 Aug 2021
What direction lies ahead for civil liberties?
Article by Owen Jones today should help stimulate debate when studying topic for A Level
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5 Aug 2021
Is Boris Johnson a Thatcherite?
Great article in the paper today offering a revisionist view of Thatcherism
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3 Aug 2021
Which direction for the UK government's policies on civil liberties?
You may not agree with the thrust of the writer's arguments, but some good stuff in here
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2 Aug 2021
English regional devolution: the case of Yorkshire
A new survey on identity suggests a strong case for more devolution for England's best county
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1 Aug 2021
Electoral systems
Massive new report by the Electoral Reform Society highlights unfairness of first past the post
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