Blog and updates
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14 Feb 2018
The role of the UN - human rights interventions
It's worth building up a series of examples if you're planning on teaching the Global Politics option for Edexcel. The latest from the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe detention issue in Iran is that the...
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14 Feb 2018
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 14 Feb 2018
Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!
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7 Feb 2018
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 2 Feb 2018
Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!
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2 Feb 2018
Best And Worst Countries For Democracy
The Economist Intelligence Unit has published their latest rankings for the strength of democracies across the world. It will come as no surprise that North Korea languishes at the foot of the...
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1 Feb 2018
Minister resigns for being two minutes late!
A government minister resigns in the House of Lords for being 2 minutes late - ministerial responsibility in action! Remarkable scenes and reaction from those around him.
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1 Feb 2018
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 31 January 2018
Here's this week's quiz. Good luck!
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29 Jan 2018
There was no 'youthquake' - latest research suggests youth turnout in 2017 General Election was similar to 2015
Latest research data released by the respected British Election Study suggests that there was no significant difference in the turnout of young voters (18-24 years) in the 2017 General Election...
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22 Jan 2018
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 22 January 2018
Here's this week's Politics news quiz. Good luck!
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21 Jan 2018
Vital Statistics on Congress
A hat tip to Amanda Sexton for flagging up this excellent source of data for US Congresses up to and including Obama.
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11 Jan 2018
Spotting a Business Opportunity in the Dating Market
I'm not sure there is much that a professional photographer could do for me (photoshop is another matter, of course). However, users of dating apps are increasingly turning to professional...
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11 Jan 2018
The Death of Brexit - as Brexiteers Pass On?
A thought-provoking piece here from Times columnist David Aaronovitch who argues that the majority in support of Brexit will be reduced to zero as older voters are dying and new young voters become...
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11 Jan 2018
Trump's First Year - the Economist
A concise two-minute video here from the Economist summarising the highlights (or lowlights) of the Trump presidency during 2017.
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10 Jan 2018
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 10 January 2018
The first UK politics quiz of 2018! Good luck...
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7 Jan 2018
Profiles of Key Political Thinkers
Some useful profiles of key political thinkers for the core & optional ideologies here in a special collection of study resources on the Tutor2u Politics site.
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30 Dec 2017
Are there good and bad causes of inequality?
"Economic inequality is a symptom of processes—some good, some bad—that drive the global economy. It’s the residue of a post-industrialized age." So argues Professor Angus Deaton in this excellent...
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30 Dec 2017
How effective is Parliament in controlling UK government and representing citizens?
A superb SWOT analysis here from Artemis Photiadou and Patrick Dunleavy at the LSE evaluating the effectiveness of the UK Parliament in holding the Executive to account and representing citizens....
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20 Dec 2017
Powers of the Crown
This House of Lords Library Briefing contains a brief history of life peerages.
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19 Dec 2017
Has Brexit reshaped British Politics?
Professor John Curtice has a new paper out in which he claims that age not social class is now the main demographic dividingline in British politics.
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19 Dec 2017
How parliament matters more than people think
A new study from Meg Russell and Daniel Gover at the LSE looks at the six faces of Parliamentary power at Westminster.
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22 Nov 2017
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - Weekly Politics Quiz (UK Edition) 22 November 2017
Another quiet week in British politics (not). Were you keeping on top of the UK politics news? Try this week's quiz to find out...
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