A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 18 January 2021
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz.
Why would you need to know how tall the London Eye is?
In order to help pass the UK Citizenship Test. Would you pass?
This week in America
Some of the best reading on the new administration: from a fighting "comma-la" to Lady Gaga
Direct action activity
The student rent strikes are a good example - blog also contains a link to a short video clip
An update on a key British Politics topic
The ability of the legislature to check the executive
Corruption in the House of Lords appointment process
A couple of quite good articles to consider when looking at the old chestnut of reform of the upper chamber
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 11 January 2021
Happy New Year! Here's the first UK politics quiz of 2021.
The 50-50 Senate
What will this mean in terms of Biden's (progressive) legislative agenda? Let's look at voting behaviour factors within Congress
Boris as PM - useful cut out and keep article
Here I am placing it in the context of Foley's thesis of spatial leadershipThis is a useful backgrounder to the troubles faced by the current government over the past year. It was published to...
A new poll of teachers published in The Independent says 92% of them think he should go
The real PMQs
In one of our online lessons this week we have been examining the effectiveness of the UK Parliament in carrying out its role as a check on the executive, emphasising the massive importance of the...
Great little resource for online learning
I came across OpenLearn, Free Learning from The Open University when doing some lesson preparation on legislatures. It is a taster site for the Open University, but offers a much more manageable...
Kamala Harris as veep
While the intention was to post a few blogs with recaps of developments in British politics last year, this is the second post on an American theme. But it’s not often that one comes across such a...
US Politics update: Georgia Senate polls
What is the significance of these contests?
Edexcel A-Level Politics Catch Up
Over 1,000 Year 13 students are now enrolled on Edexcel A Level Politics Catch Up - the self-paced online course designed to support students completing their Edexcel A-Level Politics qualification...
Listen to Obama read from his autobiography
Available now on BBC Sounds/Radio 4
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 14 December 2020
Here's the final quiz on UK Politics for 2020. A merry Christmas to all our quizzing staff and students.There's still time to use our Christmas Politics Quiz - available here.
The UK Parliament and its representative function
To gain easy marks if we wish to answer a question on this topic in the exam, we need to supplement points with good data. Read on.
A Week is a Long Time in Politics - UK Politics quiz 07 December 2020
Here's this week's UK politics news quiz. Don't forget - there is a 'Classroom Mode' for any teacher wishing to use this as part of their classroom delivery. Good Luck!
Developing politics knowledge beyond the classroom. Part five: podcasts
On my way to school this morning, I spotted a gap in my series on what we could also possibly continue to call boosting your personal statement for UCAS.