Cabinet Confidential
The best documentary on PM and Cabinet - essential viewing
An influential committee of MPs lambasts test and trace
A good example of how the legislature scrutinises the executive
Nigel Farage has quit the leadership of Reform UK
Farage this week announced he is stepping back from party politics. So what is the role of minor parties?
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz.
The end of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act
An opportunity missed for important constitutional reform?
Recommended podcast title
I've posted before about the virtues of podcasts, here's one I have really got into
The break of Britain?
Heads up about an ITV documentary on the independence of the four nations of the UK?
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz.
Another example of Tory backbench dissent
This time it's lockdown sceptics and the PM's four step plan
Recommended read
Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics, by Peter Geoghegan
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 22 February 2021
A big welcome back to this new half term. Here's this week's UK politics news quiz.
Recommended politics podcasts
A handful have been chosen in this weekend's newspaper
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