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12th January 2021

Corruption in the House of Lords appointment process

A couple of quite good articles to consider when looking at the old chestnut of reform of the upper chamber

11th January 2021

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 11 January 2021

Happy New Year! Here's the first UK politics quiz of 2021.

8th January 2021

Individual Ministerial Responsibility: Should Gavin Williamson resign?

A new poll of teachers published in The Independent says 92% of them think he should go

5th January 2021

Kamala Harris as veep

While the intention was to post a few blogs with recaps of developments in British politics last year, this is the second post on an American theme. But it’s not often that one comes across such a...

4th January 2021

US Politics update: Georgia Senate polls

What is the significance of these contests?

14th December 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 14 December 2020

Here's the final quiz on UK Politics for 2020. A merry Christmas to all our quizzing staff and students.There's still time to use our Christmas Politics Quiz - available here.

7th December 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 07 December 2020

Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!

30th November 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 30 November 2020

Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!

25th November 2020

Who said devolution has been a 'disaster'?

Significant social change as part of the post 1997 constitutional reforms

23rd November 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 23 November 2020

Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!

16th November 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 16 November 2020

Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!

9th November 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 09 November 2020

Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!

4th November 2020

Great online event provided by The Guardian on election 2020

With the American election outcome on a knife edge, here is news of an online discussion led by one of Britain's leading journalists on the USA, Jonathan Freedland.

3rd November 2020

US election: last minute predictions

What do the foremost experts say what is likely to happen in the 2020 election? Text and video.

2nd November 2020

A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 02 November 2020

Here's this week's post half-term UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!