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
The significance of black politicians in the UK
How well are BME communities represented in British politics?
The right to protest in an age of irrationality
Interesting discussion with my twilight Oxbridge group on these two video clips
How the folks back home are a massive influence on the voting patterns of members of US Congress
Senator Joe Manchin set to block key Biden energy plan
Heads up: new documentary about storming of the US Capitol
BBC 2 9pm, 20 October 2021
Is politics in Britain broken?
Channel 4 news have been given access to a new report by More In Common that reveals that there is a bigger disconnect between politicians and the people than ever.
The joint report on the government's response to covid: the effectiveness of select committees
Yet again they prove that they are tremendously effective organs of executive scrutiny
American decline discussion for Oxbridge prep using the Harkness Method
I've just conducted another Oxbridge tutorial session via this method
Free period products in Californian schools
A good example of the advantages of federalism
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 11 October 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. New Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries took a pop at which organisation? Boris Johnson has said that he is not in favour of including what act as a hate...
Devolution differences: the Welsh smacking ban
Wales is set to be the second country in the UK to make it illegal to smack children
The new elections bill: what's all the fuss about?
What is it, and why is it proving to be so controversial? With activities
I would strongly encourage all A Level students to watch it. It comes with the important caveat emptor, that is does contain some strong language.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 04 October 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Which former Tory MP attended the Labour Party conference? Who quit as a Labour frontbencher? Which party elected two new joint leaders? All this and...