A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 29 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which MP was told that she should not bring her children into the Westminster debating chambers? Which cabinet minister was 'disinvited' to a European...
Are universities engines of social mobility?
The evidence might surprise you
Questions about Boris Johnson's leadership (and Peppa Pig) - includes video
An editorial in today's Evening Standard was quite stinging about the PM
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 22 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Who has highjacked social media according to Nadine Norries? What voting reform will impact unfairly on disadvantaged groups? A formal agreement has been...
Kamala Harris becomes first female President of the United States
For 85 minutes
14 year old boy stopped by police 30 times. Why?
Quite remarkable headline caught my attention, and raises question again about policing in the UK
Great article on Lords reform for class discussion
John Harris in The Guardian article under the heading: "The Lords is a scandal in plain sight. If we won’t abolish it now, then when?"
Is reform of the House of Lords long overdue?
So says an author on the Electoral Reform Society's (ERS) website.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 15 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. I wanted to avoid any questions about sleaze this week as it has featured so prominently in the quizzes over recent weeks. I failed. There are questions...
The beginning of the end for Boris Johnson's government?
Apparently endless stories of party sleaze may finally be catching up with the PM.
Boris Johnson and the pros and cons of presidential style
There was a great article in The Guardian recently that acts as another reminder of the fact that the presidentialisation of the office of PM is a double-edged sword.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 08 November 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz and it's another 'sleaze' issue! Several questions revolve around the 'Owen Paterson' row, the Lord who paid for Boris Johnson's Spanish holiday 18 months...
Is the outcome of the next election being decided now?
Will Boris Johnson's poor handling of sleaze allegations cost his party the next election?
Great resource for facilitating learning on electoral reform
A heads up for teachers new to teaching Politics, and a reminder for old hands...
Bad news for Biden - with video of gaffe prone POTUS
The Virginia gubernatorial race was seen to be a quasi referendum on the President's popularity
Hear the one about the search for a Labour hereditary peer?
A strange story that gives us cause to revisit the old chestnut of Lords reform.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 01 November 2021
It's back! After a half term break the weekly quiz on UK politics has returned. Who replaced Keir Starmer for PMQs after testing positive for Covid? Which ambassador was summoned to the government...
Pressure groups: a tale of two issues
How Insulate Britain and the campaign against raw sewage can be seen to have achieved differing levels of success. Or have they?
Is Biden doomed to fail?
The US President is under severe pressure to avoid seeing his key campaign pledges tank
Select committees not always successful in scrutiny role
These bodies are important, but here is a good example of when they fail