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Hear the one about the search for a Labour hereditary peer?
A strange story that gives us cause to revisit the old chestnut of Lords reform.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 01 November 2021
It's back! After a half term break the weekly quiz on UK politics has returned. Who replaced Keir Starmer for PMQs after testing positive for Covid? Which ambassador was summoned to the government...
Pressure groups: a tale of two issues
How Insulate Britain and the campaign against raw sewage can be seen to have achieved differing levels of success. Or have they?
Is Biden doomed to fail?
The US President is under severe pressure to avoid seeing his key campaign pledges tank
Select committees not always successful in scrutiny role
These bodies are important, but here is a good example of when they fail
The significance of black politicians in the UK
How well are BME communities represented in British politics?
How the folks back home are a massive influence on the voting patterns of members of US Congress
Senator Joe Manchin set to block key Biden energy plan
Is politics in Britain broken?
Channel 4 news have been given access to a new report by More In Common that reveals that there is a bigger disconnect between politicians and the people than ever.
The joint report on the government's response to covid: the effectiveness of select committees
Yet again they prove that they are tremendously effective organs of executive scrutiny
Free period products in Californian schools
A good example of the advantages of federalism
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 11 October 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. New Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries took a pop at which organisation? Boris Johnson has said that he is not in favour of including what act as a hate...
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 04 October 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which former Tory MP attended the Labour Party conference? Who quit as a Labour frontbencher? Which party elected two new joint leaders? All this and...
Swiss same sex marriage vote
An example of the advantages of referendums?
The German elections and the system for electing MPs
Do events in Germany this week strengthen or weaken the case for electoral reform in the UK?
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 27 September 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Who avoided the use of the word 'scum' whilst deputising for Keir Starmer at PMQs? Which city will not be getting an 8-storey high Union Jack on a...
Reworking referendums?
The Irish abortion referendum might be something of a template as to how future UK votes are handled
Pressure group tactics spectacularly backfiring
Does M25 protestor Liam Norton walking off morning breakfast show GMB strengthen or damage the case of Insulate Britain - includes video
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 20 September 2021
It has been a week of doing the hokey cokey in Boris Johnson's Cabinet so the re-shuffle dominates the news stories. Who was the last female Foreign Secretary before Liz Truss? Which remit has NOT...