Blog and updates
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17 Mar 2016
The global risk of a Trump presidency
The Economist Intelligence Unit regularly publishes a list of what it perceives to be the top threats to the global economy, and the most recent list makes for interesting reading, as a Trump...
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17 Mar 2016
Has IS committed genocide?
John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has declared that the US believes Islamic State to have committed genocide against Christians, Shia Muslims and Yazidis. He also believes IS to be responsible...
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17 Mar 2016
Will the cuts to "Short Money" reduce scrutiny of the government?
In George Osborne's previous Budget (aka the Autumn Statement) back in November, he announced that so-called Short Money - the money given to opposition parties to help them conduct their affairs...
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16 Mar 2016
Inside Obama's White House - BBC documentary
The first episode in a short series on Obama's time in the White House was aired on Tuesday evening this week - this episode focuses on Obama's first 100 days in office, and shows the issues he...
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16 Mar 2016
Who is Obama's Supreme Court nominee?
President Obama today announced that he was nominating Merrick Garland as the justice to replace Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court. Garland is currently the chief judge on the Washington...
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15 Mar 2016
How is a US Supreme Court justice appointed?
Here's another great and informative video from TestTubeNews, this time on the nature of the appointments process for US Supreme Court justices.
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15 Mar 2016
Four Budgets in one year - is this good or bad governance?
In the past 12 months, George Osborne has gone through 4 Budgets - March 2015 (as usual), a post-election budget, a comprehensive Autumn Statement (a concept introduced by Gordon Brown who sought...
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15 Mar 2016
Super Tuesday 3 - What to watch
Tonight (15th March) is what some networks are calling Super Tuesday 3, and is the next step in the race for the White House. Tonight Sanders and Clinton will do battle over 5 states to win 691...
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14 Mar 2016
Comparing the UK and US government revision resource
This revision resource is designed for A2 students of US politics, and provides a quick way of summarising the difference between UK government and US government
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10 Mar 2016
University rankings for studying politics
The Complete University Guide's league table for studying politics at university places Oxford highest, just pipping Cambridge to the post. Other universities in the Top Ten include St Andrews,...
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10 Mar 2016
Crises of Capitalism
I really like the RSAnimate series of animated talks by prominent academics. This one, Crises of Capitalism, is an animation of David Harvey's talk that he gave at the RSA back in 2010 - it's still...
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9 Mar 2016
Emma Watson on feminism
Emma Watson (aka Hermione from Harry Potter) is a UN Goodwill Ambassador. Here's what she had to say on feminism and gender inequality at the UN back in 2014:
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9 Mar 2016
How did the US constitution get written?
Here are some super revision lectures from Keith Hughes of Hip Hughes History exploring the Articles of Confederation (the precursor to the US constitution) and the Constitutional Convention of...
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9 Mar 2016
Polls show that Conservatives seen as a divided party
A YouGov poll this week shows that the predictions made in the run-up to the 2015 General Election - that the Conservative party would be hit by increasing internal divisions - are true, according...
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8 Mar 2016
Cassetteboy vs The Apprentice - the Donald Trump edition
I'm a big fan of Cassetteboy's mixes - his Donald Trump Apprentice / President mix would be a fun addition to any politics lesson.
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8 Mar 2016
Tory rebels mount backbench rebellion against Sunday Trading law changes
Later this week, the Commons is set to debate and vote on relaxation of the Sunday trading laws, which currently restrict shops to being able to sell goods for a maximum of 6 hours on a Sunday....
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8 Mar 2016
BBC EU Referendum Reality Check series
Here is a super newsfeed from the BBC providing a "reality check" on the stats and data being spun by both sides of the in-out debate. Topics covered so far include:
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7 Mar 2016
Spending so far on the US Presidential campaign
The Economist's Daily Chart today shows the spending so far by the frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign, indicating the relative sizes of their vast "war chests".
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7 Mar 2016
Johnson says EU membership is like a Prison - play the 'Crazy EU regulations' game
London Mayor, Boris Johnson appeared on the Andrew Marr show yesterday and has now become the poster-boy for the 'Out' campaign hoping to convince people to back Britain's exit of the EU....
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7 Mar 2016
How to predict if you are conservative or not
As a closet psychologist, I've spent hours in recent weeks watching the fascinating Brain documentary series with Dr David Eagleman, and one story in Episode 4 really caught my eye. Scientists have...
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