University Guide 2019: Rankings for Politics
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.
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 23 May 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 16 May 2018
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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...
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 9 May 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 2 May 2018
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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...
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 25 April 2018
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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.
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...
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 11 March 2018
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How referendums break democracies
Tim Harford considers some of the flaws in the use of referendums in the month that the Dutch Parliament voted to abolish advisory referendums.
A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 28 March 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 21 March 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 15 March 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 7 March 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 28 Feb 2018
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A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 21 Feb 2018
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UKIP, its leadership and minority and emerging parties
On Saturday, there will an extraordinary meeting of members of UKIP when a vote of no confidence will be held for its leader Henry Bolton. Should Bolton lose, UKIP will have to find a fifth leader...
Climate Change - how do we think about it?
The LSE produces some sterling podcasts on all manner of topical issues - here's a very recent one from two of my favourite economists / policy gurus on how we think about climate change.