Essential podcast for US Politics students
The presidency is a prescribed question, so this is A Level Politics gold
Here's our weekly UK politics quiz! We have10 multichoice questions based upon politics news events from the last 7 days. 'Classroom mode' is for teachers wishing to use our online quiz in the...
Should ministers suffer more than resignation?
Gavin Williamson's knighthood raises interesting questions
Good reading on Ukraine
As teachers and students we are constantly exposed to questions about the situation in Ukraine
His nuclear threat is not unprecedented, but pretty rare. A good lesson starter for a Global Politics lesson
Boris Johnson adds David Canzini to his inner circle
Canzini is the latest in a conveyor belt of appointments at number 10
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 28 February 2022
Our weekly UK politics quiz is back! We have a slightly different format but continue to have 10 multichoice questions based upon politics news events from the last 7 days. 'Classroom mode' exists...
Lesson idea on Ukraine for global politics - with synopticity
Watched a great lesson this morning by one of my colleagues, Mr Martin
Voting behaviour and age
Good article as a starter for voting behaviour by Paul Waugh in the indy
Cabinet split over covid suggests body still matters
What does the internal struggle among ministers suggest about the role of the modern cabinet?
Good video from Ch4 on the House of Lords
Not brand new, but I've just found it
Nigel Farage, and the role of minor parties in British politics
The Guardian's book of the day earlier in the week is Michael Crick's recent biography
Boris Johnson and the power of the PM: update
How does the PM's use of media fit with Foley's thesis?
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?