The cost of living crisis and the red wall
And how this links to voting behaviour
Moving towards the US Supreme Court's first black female justice
Who will replace Justice Breyer, and how will it happen?
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 24 January 2022
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. The MP for which contituency is rumoured to be involved in the 'pork pie plot'? Which Conservative MP defected to the Labour Party? Who said to Boris 'in...
Boris bus plan has stalled
And the implications in terms of voting behaviour
Useful Biden article - and other sources
Just posted on the BBC website, with charts and analysis. Plus, introducing PolitiFact
House of Lords reform and the police bill
In defence of the Lords? We should separate its composition (bad) from the work it does (good)
Boris, partygate, and theories of PM power
How do we place recent events in the context of, say, the presidentialisation of the UK premiership?
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 17 January 2022
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. As seems befitting, all of the questions below include the word 'party'. Former football player Gary Neville has joined which political party? Which party...
What's the future for Boris?
In case you have been busy and want a round up, here is an idiot’s guide from this week's papers as to how partygate might unfold
Recommended podcast from the Economist
I've been promoting podcast listening with my Y12 today, both in terms of beefing up UCAS forms and their intrinsic educational benefit
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...
Academic research puts new spin on First Past The Post debate
And it means I have been teaching it wrong
UK Issues: Health Care
Why don't we talk about these more? Subject for a Politics Society talk?
Is it the end of "the end of history"?
Fascinating article in the i that suggests that Francis Fukuyama's well worn thesis is now highly questionable
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?
Festive Quiz Pack 2021 for A-Level Politics
Here are two subject-specific PowerPoint-based quizzes to use in the last few days of a challenging term! Each quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive...