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How to become the Presidential Nominee
A pupil remarked to me the other day, that the race to the White House is a 'little over the top'. They are of course right, too many in the UK, when comparing the race to the our own, are rightly...
China's progression towards liberalism
The Economist magazine has put together a helpful chart that shows key dates in China's transition away from Mao's version of communism and towards the "social market" that it has today - useful...
What is a caucus and how do they work?
Monday will see the first major step in the US Presidential Race the famous Iowa Caucus. However, except to those who participate within the caucus itself it can be a bit of mystery as to exactly...
Democrat Race 2016: Inside Bernie Sanders' Iowa Ground Operation
A fascinating insight here into the scale and detail of a campaign ground operation in a Presidential Race.
The National Rifle Association - the most influential pressure group in the world?
We often call the President of the United States of America the most powerful person in the world. That person is the leader of the biggest economy, biggest army and largest nuclear arsenal on the...
Should Parliament temporarily move out of London? Surely it's not that grim up North?
Further plans to relocate Parliament during a planned refurbishment of the Palace of Westminster have been revealed (click here for a new article from The Guardian). However, it would appear that...
How Bloomberg Could Shake Up the 2016 Presidential Race
Could Billionaire Michael Bloomberg run as an independent candidate in the 2016 Presidential Race?
Primacy factors influencing the EU referendum
According to a UKIP spokesperson, ethnic minority voters are more Eurosceptic than people assume, so campaigners for Britain to leave the EU should seek their support.
Timing of EU Referendum important says Sturgeon
Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon has warned David Cameron that any truth in the rumours that the promised referendum on the EU might take place this May would be a mistake and...
How does IS target British teenagers?
I continue to be impressed by the BBC iWonder series - I spotted one today on the topic of how IS targets British teenagers - well worth a look in both the politics and PSHE classroom.
The Scotland Bill and the "no detriment" principle
Following the Scottish independence referendum result, Lord Smith of Kelvin was commissioned to write a report outlining how Scotland and the rest of the UK should move forward. The report stated...
Life Under ISIS Control in Raqqa
A short, but useful video here which uses secretly-filmed footage from Raqqa to help describe life under the currently ISIS-controlled city.
The Litvinenko saga - still the Cold War?
Yesterday saw the publication of the findings of the inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko,leading to tense scenes in the House of Commons and a ramping up of frostiness in the...
The craziness of a US Presidential election
I really like this article from the BBC that identifies a number of the more entertaining / unbelievable / gripping elements of the US Presidential "Race to the White House" - a great lesson...
Could Voter Apathy Make Brexit More Likely?
The pollsters in the UK seem to find it hard to reach apathetic voters. They don't respond so easily to polling firms, and the evidence suggests that many of them are more disposed to vote...
Remember the Ed Stone?
It was for some the defining moment of the 2015 Election when Ed Miliband unveiled the Ed Stone, with the key policy pledges that Labour would introduce in the event of victory. It would have stood...
Impact of mass media - are the BBC biased?
I suspect I could spend all day finding different examples of clips or news articles that may illustrate that the BBC are biased. For Government and Politics students, the impact of the mass media...
Trump-Palin 2016?
Former Governor of Alaska and Republican 2008 Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed Donald Trump in his bid to become President of the United States. However, before it is dismissed...
UK MPs versus Donald Trump
Yesterday, MPs debated whether to ban Donald Trump from the UK. I really like this "mash up" from the BBC on the debate - it would make a great lesson starter for comparing UK and US politics:
Why the 2015 General Election Opinion Polls were wrong - the report
The findings from the inquiry into the poor predictions by opinion polls for the 2015 General Election have been published today - unrepresentative samples, combined with poor "statistical...