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Here is the link for the Guardian's 2019 league table rankings for university politics departments and courses. As always - look carefully at the methodology used to assess the institutions.

23rd May 2018

A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 23 May 2018

Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!

16th May 2018

A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 16 May 2018

Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!

11th May 2018

Is the House of Lords 'thwarting Brexit'?

What is the primary role of the House of Lords? Is it essentially to scrutinise legislation and amend it as Lords see fit? Ros Altman takes on Bill Cash in this BBC Newsnight "discussion". The...

9th May 2018

A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 9 May 2018

Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!

2nd May 2018

A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 2 May 2018

Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!

29th April 2018

Ministerial Responsibility: Amber Rudd resigns

The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd has resigned from the government in the wake of claims that she misled the House of Commons over targets for forced deportation. Amber Rudd was once seen as a leading...

25th April 2018

A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 25 April 2018

Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!

17th April 2018

The Windrush Scandal and Ministerial Responsibility

What might the political furore over the Windrush Generation tell us about the conventions of Ministerial Responsibility. David Lammy doesn't hold back here.

17th April 2018

The case for a new centrist political party in Britain

How realistic is it for a new centrist political party to emerge in Britain? Two leading journalists from the FT consider the likelihood of such a development - would a new political party have...