Blog and updates
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14 Jan 2021
An update on a key British Politics topic
The ability of the legislature to check the executive
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12 Jan 2021
Corruption in the House of Lords appointment process
A couple of quite good articles to consider when looking at the old chestnut of reform of the upper chamber
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11 Jan 2021
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 11 January 2021
Happy New Year! Here's the first UK politics quiz of 2021.
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11 Jan 2021
The 50-50 Senate
What will this mean in terms of Biden's (progressive) legislative agenda? Let's look at voting behaviour factors within Congress
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9 Jan 2021
Boris as PM - useful cut out and keep article
Here I am placing it in the context of Foley's thesis of spatial leadershipThis is a useful backgrounder to the troubles faced by the current government over the past year. It was published to...
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8 Jan 2021
Individual Ministerial Responsibility: Should Gavin Williamson resign?
A new poll of teachers published in The Independent says 92% of them think he should go
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7 Jan 2021
The real PMQs
In one of our online lessons this week we have been examining the effectiveness of the UK Parliament in carrying out its role as a check on the executive, emphasising the massive importance of the...
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6 Jan 2021
Great little resource for online learning
I came across OpenLearn, Free Learning from The Open University when doing some lesson preparation on legislatures. It is a taster site for the Open University, but offers a much more manageable...
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5 Jan 2021
Kamala Harris as veep
While the intention was to post a few blogs with recaps of developments in British politics last year, this is the second post on an American theme. But it’s not often that one comes across such a...
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30 Dec 2020
Edexcel A-Level Politics Catch Up
Over 1,000 Year 13 students are now enrolled on Edexcel A Level Politics Catch Up - the self-paced online course designed to support students completing their Edexcel A-Level Politics qualification...
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14 Dec 2020
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 14 December 2020
Here's the final quiz on UK Politics for 2020. A merry Christmas to all our quizzing staff and students.There's still time to use our Christmas Politics Quiz - available here.
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8 Dec 2020
The UK Parliament and its representative function
To gain easy marks if we wish to answer a question on this topic in the exam, we need to supplement points with good data. Read on.
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7 Dec 2020
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 07 December 2020
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!
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3 Dec 2020
Developing politics knowledge beyond the classroom. Part five: podcasts
On my way to school this morning, I spotted a gap in my series on what we could also possibly continue to call boosting your personal statement for UCAS.
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2 Dec 2020
Get the Obama biography
I have been asked by several students if the first volume of Obama's autobiography is worth reading. Yes, buy it, or borrow it if you can.
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1 Dec 2020
Rebels, rebels? The tiers are a mess
The latest parliamentary rebellion, this time over regional covid restrictions, has hit the headlines. Why?
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30 Nov 2020
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 30 November 2020
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!
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25 Nov 2020
Who said devolution has been a 'disaster'?
Significant social change as part of the post 1997 constitutional reforms
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