Blog and updates
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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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29 Jul 2021
Tax cuts for the rich increase their income, but there are no boons for wider society...
In fact the net outcome can be considered as negative: a new research paper, the most expansive ever on the topic, finds that tax cuts boost the income of the top 1% but don't improve economic...
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27 Jul 2021
Great article for teaching voting behaviour (and maybe power of PM too)
The 'week of chaos' may not be up there with the likes of Black Wednesday, but with hindsight it might be pivotal?
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26 Jul 2021
Boris Johnson's approval ratings nosedive according to new opinion polls
A couple of stories from the papers are likely to heap pressure on the PM
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22 Jul 2021
Book recommendation: Landslide - the Final Days of the Trump Preisdency
'Landslide: the Final Days of the Trump Presidency', by Michael Wolff is a book that is hard to put down!
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20 Jul 2021
Update on federal-state relations in the Biden era
Great article in today's paper about how Republican held states are ploughing a furrow that deviates from the objectives of the POTUS
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20 Jul 2021
Internal party democracy - post includes A Level sample essay
A story from this week's paper on Starmer's battle with left-wingers is a reminder that party policy is shaped by internal battles within UK political parties
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19 Jul 2021
Refresher activity for Y13 on British Politics
I think the science points to actively revisiting the Y12 element of the linear A Level, so here is an activity that might be worthwhile
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