Questioning the Effectiveness of the UK Parliament
His does the Afghanistan debate (August 2021) fit into this narrative?
Food for thought (Oxbridge prep material)
A couple of articles for students who want to take thinking about politics beyond A Level
Trump for 2024?
And what does this say about the American electoral process?
What direction lies ahead for civil liberties?
Article by Owen Jones today should help stimulate debate when studying topic for A Level
Is Boris Johnson a Thatcherite?
Great article in the paper today offering a revisionist view of Thatcherism
You may not agree with the thrust of the writer's arguments, but some good stuff in here
English regional devolution: the case of Yorkshire
A new survey on identity suggests a strong case for more devolution for England's best county
Electoral systems
Massive new report by the Electoral Reform Society highlights unfairness of first past the post
Tax cuts for the rich increase their income, but there are no boons for wider society...
In fact the net outcome can be considered as negative: a new research paper, the most expansive ever on the topic, finds that tax cuts boost the income of the top 1% but don't improve economic...
The 'week of chaos' may not be up there with the likes of Black Wednesday, but with hindsight it might be pivotal?
A couple of stories from the papers are likely to heap pressure on the PM
'Landslide: the Final Days of the Trump Presidency', by Michael Wolff is a book that is hard to put down!
Update on federal-state relations in the Biden era
Great article in today's paper about how Republican held states are ploughing a furrow that deviates from the objectives of the POTUS
A story from this week's paper on Starmer's battle with left-wingers is a reminder that party policy is shaped by internal battles within UK political parties
Refresher activity for Y13 on British Politics
I think the science points to actively revisiting the Y12 element of the linear A Level, so here is an activity that might be worthwhile
An editorial in The Guardian is another reminder of the fact that the presidentialisation of the office of PM is a double edged sword
How the government faced down a backbench rebellion
The foreign aid cuts and what it says about the role of MPs
The Stockwell Six case
How is this relevant to the A Level Politics course?
Our final UK politics news quiz of the academic year has a definate sports theme - if you can bear it! Good luck!
Pupil Power: a good pressure group example
And it's one that I think is both quite inspirational, and one that readers will have a personal interest in the topic