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China's diplomatic relations with neighbours
In recent weeks, the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has upped the charm offensive in China's diplomatic relations with its neighbours. The most reported venture of Mr Xi was the talks that he held...
Presidential Executive Orders and Federalism - Immigration on the Line
Today the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against President Obama's executive order preventing the deportation of 5 million illegal immigrants, following an earlier ruling by a Texas court...
Jeremy Corbyn and the Trident nuclear programme
The spat between Jeremy Corbyn and General Sir Nicholas Houghton, the Head of the Armed Forces, looks set to run on a little longer.
Canada's new, more representative Cabinet
Following on quickly from Justin Trudeau's new government in Canada were announcements about his new, diverse, representative government, which has been acclaimed around the world as being a sign...
Al-Shabab's strategies
Al-Shabab, the Islamic insurgency group in North-Eastern Africa, hit the news headlines again last week when they carried out a double-suicide attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital city of...
Can Jeremy Corbyn ever become Prime Minister?
Whilst much of the media coverage of Mr Corbyn is fairly negative, and a good number of Labour MPs expressing their concern over his leadership, he continues to appear confident and optimistic. At...
How useful are e-petitions?
The link below takes you to a radio clip on the changes and history of the e-petitions in the UK.The use of e-petitions is a fascinating aspect of a modern democracy as, in principle, it would...
Why the General Election in Turkey is important
Here's one of those fantastic little video clips from the BBC (worth every penny of the licence fee!) that explains the reason why the outcome of the General Election in Turkey is important. Of...
Topical News Quiz – take the lollipop challenge!
Here’s a quick topical news quiz challenge on various stories from the world of Government and Politics over the last week. It comes in the format of an onscreen quiz called the ‘Lollipop...
Trudeau or Bieber? Battle of the Justins
Here’s a nice (and short!) video clip comparing the recently elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with that other famous Canadian Justin (as in Bieber).
The impact of Joe Biden's decision not to run for President
Yesterday Joe Biden (currently Vice President to Obama) categorically ruled himself out of the Democrat White House race for the 2016 election. Still, he took the opportunity at his announcement at...
English-only votes...a move to a federalist Britain?
Debate was certainly heated in the Commons today, as the debate focused on "English votes for English laws" - or to put it differently, answering the West Lothian question (you can find a 60 second...
Jeremy Corbyn and the party whip
Given that during his time as a backbencher Mr Corbyn was a well-known rebel, often defying the party whip, how will use the party whip now that he is leader?
Analysing the importance of the Chinese State Visit
Looking closely at the ins and outs of this week's Chinese State Visit to the UK is a great way of bringing much of the politics syllabus to life. A great place to start is this BBC News analysis -...
The Canadian General Election
I always think it's interesting to look at election results in other countries that operate the "Westminster System". The results out today from the 2015 Canadian General Election certainly provide...
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Horse Race
This graphic from the Economist is an entertaining look at how Hillary's fortunes in the current campaign compare with her 2007 campaign - the Economist assures us that the graphic will be updated...
Politics topical quiz - Eliminator style!
Here's this week's topical Politics news quiz in the format of our ever-popular resource called 'The Eliminator'.There are 6 questions based upon Politics news stories from this week for you to...
Here's a topical Government and Politics quiz for your students, using news stories from the past week. Hopefully, your students are regularly keeping up to date with what is going on in the real...
US Supreme Court Cases to Watch
As the website 'The Hill', has written the US Supreme Court returns today to continue its business after the summer break. Whilst the court is still to finalise its docket, political pundits are...
Rise of the SNP: the inside story
In this five minute video news report, Channel 4 looks at the rise of the Scottish National Party. In less than a decade the SNP has become the dominant political force in Scotland; despite losing...