BBC EU Referendum Reality Check series
Here is a super newsfeed from the BBC providing a "reality check" on the stats and data being spun by both sides of the in-out debate. Topics covered so far include:
Spending so far on the US Presidential campaign
The Economist's Daily Chart today shows the spending so far by the frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign, indicating the relative sizes of their vast "war chests".
London Mayor, Boris Johnson appeared on the Andrew Marr show yesterday and has now become the poster-boy for the 'Out' campaign hoping to convince people to back Britain's exit of the EU....
How to predict if you are conservative or not
As a closet psychologist, I've spent hours in recent weeks watching the fascinating Brain documentary series with Dr David Eagleman, and one story in Episode 4 really caught my eye. Scientists have...
EU Referendum Cheat Sheet
I came across this briefing from the Guardian earlier today, which provides a "Cheat Sheet" for everything you need to know about the EU referendum in one handy article.
UK civil service increasingly centralised in London
97% of the civil servants working in the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) are based in London and not in "communities" - this figure is up from 65% in April 2010 - and runs...
How does the EU affect you?
Much of the EU Referendum analysis focuses on some of the "highbrow" issues of economic growth, trade barriers and migration - but the EU affects each of us at a much more down-to-earth level on a...
Islamic State - the basics
There has been a sudden online splurge of short snippets of useful facts and background information on Islamic State in the last week or so. As an excellent starting point, this BBC news 90 second...
Nancy Reagan - Former First Lady | A biography
Former First Lady and widow of Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94. Ronald Reagan died in 2004, and whilst many know all about Ronald, Nancy was still a force to be reckoned with...
Could Trump University Prove Donald's Achilles Heel?
The establishment in the Republican Party is desperately trying to find an issue that might derail the seemingly runaway train that is the Donald Trump campaign for the GOP nomination. Could the...
Clinton and Her Superdelegates
When it comes to the Democratic and Republican Party conventions to select their Presidential candidate, look out for the influence of the "superdelegates".
What's Behind the Rise of Donald Trump?
As the Republican Party scramble to find ways of stopping Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination, it is timely to consider how and why the Republicans have found themselves with a candidate the...
The Political Leanings Of US Religious Groups
Surveys have often shows that religion is an important aspect of an American presidential race. The electorate frequently say that it's important to have a a president with strong religious beliefs...
Freedom of Information Act set to stay
Despite Sir Jeremy Heywood describing the FOI Act as having a "chilling effect" on the government, and Tony Blair describing himself following his introduction of the FOI Act as "There is really no...
With changes afoot in terms of boundaries (equalising the size of constituencies and reducing the number of MPs to 600) and reductions in the amount of money provided to the Opposition ("Short...
Clinton vs Trump - spot the quote!
Here's the next in our series of starters you can use in your class asking students to determine which quote on screen comes from Donald Trump and which comes from Hillary Clinton. Seperate your...
A quick Super Tuesday results map
We know now that Trump (R) and Clinton (D) did pretty well on Super Tuesday's primaries and caucuses. Here's a quick visual overview from the New York Times of who won what and where.
Politicisation of the UK civil service?
The complexity of the EU referendum has certainly been muddying the waters around the relationships between ministers and their civil servants. Yesterday, the Commons Public Administration Select...
Lord Mandelson on Collective Cabinet Responsibility
Lord Mandelson, the Labour peer, has said today that he believes Ministers endorsing the Leave campaign in the EU Referendum should have been handed their P45s, because their behaviour is not in...
The world's longest filibuster finally ends
Today, South Korea's Opposition finally ended a 192 hour filibuster in their Parliament, which was intended to block an anti-terrorism bill. The Opposition finally gave up as they realised that in...