Blog and updates
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12 Jan 2016
Ireland and the 1916 Easter Rising
I found this super BBC iWonder exploration of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland on my daily politics surf earlier - a great piece of extension material for AS students in terms of understanding the...
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11 Jan 2016
Ted Cruz and the super Super PACs
As Ted Cruz increasingly seems to be the main alternative to Donald Trump for the Republican Presidential nomination, the number of Super PACs supporting him has increased - the Washington Post...
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11 Jan 2016
The conflict between MP duties
The resignation today of shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell caught many by surprise, especially given Jeremy Corbyn's claims earlier in the day that the Labour party was "moving on" from...
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11 Jan 2016
EU Referendum and the end of collective Cabinet responsibility?
David Cameron's relaxation of the doctrine of Collective Cabinet Responsibility over the EU In/Out Referendum is fascinating.
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11 Jan 2016
The Arab Spring - a 5 year summary
A super article summarising the changes in the Arab world and the role of the Middle East in the global political system appeared in last week's Economist.
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8 Jan 2016
Blockbusters! An interactive resource on Elections
Okay, here's a game format many of your students won't have seen before - Blockbusters! However, it's your chance to be 'Bob' and run a quick game of Blockbusters with your students. The format is...
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8 Jan 2016
Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet reshuffle and the role of social media
The shadow cabinet reshuffle is fascinating for a number of reasons: the announcements of sackings, resignations and appointments on Twitter, the huge media interest in the shadow cabinet, the...
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8 Jan 2016
Clinton and Blair - the Special Relationship
Following a Freedom of Information request, the BBC has accessed transcripts of many of the conversations between former US President Bill Clinton and former PM Tony Blair between 1997 and 2000....
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8 Jan 2016
Long Lost Family - In Iraq
A truly memorable short (10 minute) film here by the BBC Newsnight team which follows the efforts of Kurdish Iraqi woman to trace her real family.
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7 Jan 2016
Explaining the Tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have increased since the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. What are the short and longer-term reasons for this?
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7 Jan 2016
Obama Takes on the Gun Lobby
Some might say "about time too". As he enters his final year in office, President Obama has chosen gun control as a central part of his remaining time in the White House.
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6 Jan 2016
A liberal Supreme Court?
The Washington Post, has correctly pointed out a number of key facts meaning the Supreme Court will from 2016 favour liberal rulings in cases, regardless of who wins the Presidency in 2016. In...
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5 Jan 2016
Cameron allows cabinet a free vote on EU referendum - other notable 'free votes'
Happy New Year! It will be announced today that David Cameron will allow his cabinet to vote freely during the EU In-Out referendum. It's an unusual but not overly surprising outcome, following...
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31 Dec 2015
Spotlight on Iceland
Whilst at sixth form college we were set the challenge to seek out politics in all the places we visited. It was up to us as keen politics students to visit Parliaments, look for posters, rallies...
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29 Dec 2015
Angela Merkel Named FT Person of the Year for 2015
Leadership. That is the key factor that led to Angela Merkel being named FT Person of the Year.
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17 Dec 2015
House of Lords Powers curtailed again
It has been announced the Government intends to further curtail the powers of the House of Lords following the Peers decision to slow down and, ultimately, prevent the Government's planned welfare...
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16 Dec 2015
What does a Christmas card say about a politician?
Here's a little activity inspired by a BBC news article on the Christmas cards sent by the major political leaders in the UK. As I read the story it struck me that the individual images of the...
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16 Dec 2015
A Video Timeline Explaining the Rise of ISIS
The origins of ISIS go back around 12 years and are very complicated. This video timeline by Bloomberg attempts to chart how the terror group was formed and grew into its current form.
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16 Dec 2015
How is ISIS Financed?
Is war more about money than arms? If so, this new piece of analysis into the financing of ISIS suggests that the battle against the terror group might prove to be quite a drawn-out affair.
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16 Dec 2015
Clinton to be US President says UK Politics Community
Last week the Tutor2u opinion poll asked all of the politics students and teachers to predict the results of three political races. The results are now in for the Democratic Nomination, the...
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