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Assessing Biden's first year
This week's marks the first anniversary of Joe Biden's arrival in the White House
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 10 January 2022
Welcome back! Here's our first UK politics news quiz of 2022. Qhat prompted the #FreeMichaelGove hastag to trend? What surprise healthcare policy announcement was made by the Labour Party? An...
Whither the Human Rights Act?
Dominic Raab, as Justice Secretary, has unveiled new and controversial plans
Is the party over?
Is the party that never was the 'event' that finally blows the current PM off course?
Is Britain drifting towards some sort of Orwellian dystopia?
So says Camilla Cavendish in a brilliant article in the Financial Times - as part of the FT For Schools programme, you should be able to access this
Voting behaviour, the young and social media
An interesting feature in today's paper about the significance of different platforms and how the youth vote works
US politics is more polarised than ever
One might think that post Trump the opposite would be true. Not according to Jonathan Friedland.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 06 December 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which minister is Lisa Nandy now shadowing? Why is Lindsay Hoyle calling in the police? What type of second job has been given up by three Conservative...
How what one of the framers of the constitution called the least dangerous branch of government can, in fact, exercise real political power
PM power and Boris Johnson - essay preparation exercise
Great article recently in the Guardian that I am planning to use with my for my Oxbridge Politics group. Also useful, I think, as essay prep
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 29 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which MP was told that she should not bring her children into the Westminster debating chambers? Which cabinet minister was 'disinvited' to a European...
Questions about Boris Johnson's leadership (and Peppa Pig) - includes video
An editorial in today's Evening Standard was quite stinging about the PM
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 22 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Who has highjacked social media according to Nadine Norries? What voting reform will impact unfairly on disadvantaged groups? A formal agreement has been...
Kamala Harris becomes first female President of the United States
For 85 minutes
Great article on Lords reform for class discussion
John Harris in The Guardian article under the heading: "The Lords is a scandal in plain sight. If we won’t abolish it now, then when?"
Is reform of the House of Lords long overdue?
So says an author on the Electoral Reform Society's (ERS) website.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 15 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. I wanted to avoid any questions about sleaze this week as it has featured so prominently in the quizzes over recent weeks. I failed. There are questions...
The beginning of the end for Boris Johnson's government?
Apparently endless stories of party sleaze may finally be catching up with the PM.
Boris Johnson and the pros and cons of presidential style
There was a great article in The Guardian recently that acts as another reminder of the fact that the presidentialisation of the office of PM is a double-edged sword.