Blog and updates
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19 Jul 2016
Day One at the Republican National Convention
The National Nominating Convention season is now upon us, if you think this is going to be like the Conservative or Labour party conferences, think again. These week long events are a key part of...
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16 Jul 2016
Prime Minister May's New Cabinet
Theresa May has appointed her first Cabinet. She has assembled a somewhat controversial team (particularly in relation to handling Brexit) as well as making a clear break from the Cameron / Osborne...
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14 Jul 2016
The Cameron Legacy - a quick quiz
So, David Cameron has gone and Theresa May is ushering in a very new and very different era of government. Cameron, in his final Prime Minister's Questions said that he thought that he had left the...
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1 Jul 2016
Politics Quiz of the Week
Here's a quick six question 'quiz of the week' for next Monday's Politics classes. The resource is a Powerpoint file with questions but also has all 6 questions on one slide if you preferred a...
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29 Jun 2016
Article 50 Explained
We'll all be hearing much about "Article 50" over the coming days and weeks as various leadership campaigns are played out. But what is "Article 50"?
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29 Jun 2016
Why Brexit Won't Happen
The UK has voted to leave the EU, but in the end it won't. Brexit will not happen. That's the view of the FT's Gideon Rachman, as outlined in this thought-provoking video.
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26 Jun 2016
Brexit Result analysis resource
Okay, so we all know the result of the EU referendum by now. We've had a couple of days to get used to the outcome but, if you're anything like me, trying to understand how the contest was won or...
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16 Jun 2016
Why Brexit May Not Result in Brexit
The Referendum next week is not the be all and end all, now this claim may be surprising to many, but as astute politics students will know, the referendum is not binding on parliament, as...
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14 Jun 2016
Social media impacting referendum voting intentions
I was delighted to see this post in the Guardian today about a good friend of mine, Nick Carter-Lando, who has taken to Facebook to set out some of the key points relating to the EU referendum next...
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9 Jun 2016
Is the UK's judiciary diverse enough?
Earlier this week the Judicial Appointments Commission published its latest figures relating to recruitment in the UK's court system from April 2015 to April 2016.
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9 Jun 2016
Brilliant opportunity to work in Parliament
Applications are open until Friday June 17th for paid internships on the Speaker's Parliamentary Placement Scheme for 2016/2017. These internships are open to anyone - school leavers, teachers,...
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8 Jun 2016
Last minute judicial review examples for Unit 2
Earlier today, David Cameron urged people to carry on continuing to register to vote in the upcoming EU referendum after a problem with the registration website meant some potential voters were...
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7 Jun 2016
Examples on the UK’s Constitution (Unit 2)
This blog post summarises some of the key examples you could use when answering questions relating to the UK's uncodified constitution - changes to conventions, statute law, and possible upcoming...
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5 Jun 2016
Videos on US Politics
If you're in need a quick recap of the key parts of American Politics then look no further. These videos created by Youtuber Es_Einsteinium who has taken a break from science to dabble in Political...
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4 Jun 2016
AS Politics Revision: Some Key Examples
This blog post contains some of the key examples and events from UK politics over the last 18 months, along with suggestions of how to link them in with key topics from the syllabus for both Units...
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3 Jun 2016
Which US presidential candidate do you support?
Here's a fun interactive online quiz from Isidewith to find out which of the US presidential candidates you are most closely aligned to.
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3 Jun 2016
Locating the terrorist groups around the world
Here's a link to a great interactive infographic that shows the location and level of activity of the various active terrorist groups around the world - a super revision resource for students...
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3 Jun 2016
Example UK Politics Essay: are the UK’s political parties ideologically distinct?
A political party is a group of people who share similar views on how a country should be governed. The UK is usually described as having a two-party system (Conservatives and Labour), although...
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23 May 2016
Is the Lords currently too powerful?
There's some useful analysis on the extent to which the Lords has power in Parliament (great for the Unit 2 paper!) in this article from the BBC.
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23 May 2016
Example UK Politics Essay: is voting behaviour in by-elections unpredictable?
A by-election occurs when an MP needs to be replaced between General Elections – this can be due to the death or resignation of the MP, or if the MP becomes bankrupt or is convicted of a criminal...
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