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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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19 May 2016
How can Donald Trump win the White House?
Now that Trump seems 100% likely to be the Republican candidate on the Presidential Election ballot paper, this blog takes a quick look at the factors that might determine his success in the...
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18 May 2016
How the White House is embracing entrepreneurship
Here's a great 15 minute TED talk from Haley Van Dyck, who is working in a start-up company inside the White House looking at ways to make the delivery of government services more entrepreneurial...
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18 May 2016
Queen's Speech quick summary for AS students
The annual State Opening of Parliament is the only occasion on which the 3 elements of Parliament - the monarch, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons - actually come together. Given the...
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18 May 2016
Example US Politics Essay: discuss the view that third parties have no impact on US politics
US politics remains dominated by two big parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, initially suggesting that third parties have no role to play in this two-party system. However, whilst third...
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18 May 2016
MPs expense claims - has anything really changed?
Here's an interesting article from the Guardian about the continued high level of expenses claimed by Westminster MPs showing that the actual amount claimed has risen since the expenses scandal of...
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17 May 2016
Example UK Politics Essay: Discuss the view that the electoral system for Westminster should change to proportional representation
In simple terms, a proportional representation system is one in which the proportion of seats allocated to a particular party is the same as the proportion of votes won by that party. Each vote,...
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17 May 2016
Are betting odds more useful than opinion polls?
I thought this article in The Economist provided a unique insight into the issues surrounding opinion polls and psephology in general, suggesting that we would be better off looking at the betting...
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16 May 2016
Why a new Supreme Court justice is urgently needed
The US Supreme Court is still stuck with just 8 justices following the untimely death of Justice Scalia earlier this year, and the continued attempts by Congressional Republicans to slow the...
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16 May 2016
Example Essay UK Politics - do pressure groups always undermine democracy?
Whilst pressure groups may undermine the normal method of political participation in the UK’s representative democracy, their existence may strengthen pluralist democracy. This is achieved by...
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16 May 2016
RSPCA to become less adversarial
The new chief executive of the RSPCA has said that the charity is to become less adversarial in the future. This announcement comes as the organisation has been increasingly criticised for chasing...
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13 May 2016
Is Leanne Wood the new Frank Underwood?
A deadlocked vote, shady deals and a roll call vote, it could be an episode of House of Cards, yet this political thriller is taking place down in Cardiff Bay over the election of First Minister.
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12 May 2016
US Politics Example Essay: discuss the view that the US Constitution is inflexible
Nearly every country in the world has a constitution which outlines the political process of governance in that country. The US Constitution is the world’s oldest codified constitution (written...
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10 May 2016
Quick revision quiz on Constitution and Constitutional Reform
Here's a quick multi-choice quiz on the Constitution and its reform for your AS students. It takes the form of one of our favourite activities here at tutor2u - the Confidence Based Dance Off! The...
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