Useful video clips on Labour leader
Good background if you are considering the role of party leader (voting behaviour)
Keir Starmer and election success
Party leaders have an important influence on voting intentions
Interesting article (on the party politics of?) electoral systems
Not something you read every day, I get it
More evidence that select committees are the engine rooms of our legislature
Another example of legislative scrutiny of the executive
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 15 February 2021
For anyone who is looking for some half term fun, here's our weekly news quiz on UK politics. Good luck!
Recommended viewing: latest Trump doc
Excellent insight into the foreign policy making process
Weakness of Parliament?
The ten year sentence for breaking covid rules
Another good example of the use of Opposition Days
How the legislature can use this mechanism for the purposes of executive scrutiny - with hat tip to one of my Year 12s
Jeremy Hunt as chair of the health select committee
Another good example of how Parliament checks the executive
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics Quiz 08 February 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz.
Heavily recommended podcast on the Kennedys
For anyone with an interest in American Politics and/or modern history (on Spotify)
Examples of direct action pressure group success are like London buses!
The case of Black Lives Matter and Britain's past history of colonialism and racism
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 01 February 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz.
The power of the PM waxes and wanes
A presidential style of leadership is a double-edged sword. The case of Boris Johnson
Excellent devolution resource
'Has Devolution Worked?' from the Institute for Government is essential for anyone teaching or studying this key topic
Factors considered by the PM when choosing their Cabinet
Pointer towards a great article on the lack of experience in Boris Johnson's Cabinet
Brexit: "Taking back control"?
A couple of quite good articles recently about the extent to which leaving the EU has enhanced UK sovereignty
The latest actions by anti-HS2 protestors can be used by students of British Politics in answers on this very popular topic area