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Today’s blog will focus on the House of Lords, a key institution on both the AQA and Pearson Edexcel A level Politics specifications. Labour went into the 2024 general election campaign with a...
Can Reform UK Seriously Challenge the Two Main Parties? Part 2
This is the second of two blogs examining Reform UK’s political prospects in the wake of the 2024 general election. Nigel Farage has stated that his party’s key aim is to replace the Conservatives...
Can Reform Serious Challenge the Two Main Parties? Part One
This is the first of two blogs that will consider whether, after the 2024 General Election, Reform UK is now in a position to mount an effective political challenge to Labour and the Conservatives....
The UK Multi-Party System After the 2024 General Election
Both the AQA and Pearson Edexcel A level Politics courses require students to assess the extent to which the UK has become a multi-party system (defined as a party system where more than two...
The Participation Crisis in UK Politics
A recent analysis of the 2024 UK general election, published by the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) in its study A System Out of Step (December 2024), has highlighted a number of issues linked to...
Y13 revision - electoral reform
Public support - another argument in favour of ditching first past the post for Westminster elections!
Great academic article on Lords reform
By Meg Russell, this could provide excellent background for a student talk/article
Labour’s New Plan for Constitutional Reform
The Labour Party's commission on constitutional reform is due to report soon. From what we know so far recommendations are likely to be radical and will be a prominent feature of the Labour Party’s...
"Mini" budget and role of backbenchers
A good case study of the power of Tory MPs and the profile of select committees
Pressure group success: rail strikes as a case study
The importance of good leadership (and use of media)
Have events surrounding Johnson's resignation highlighted weaknesses in our part-codified constitution?
Expert suggests recent events reveal holes in our constitutional architecture
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes (who guards the guardians)?
Indeed. A must watch documentary on the United Nations
More devolution isn't worth it
When it's viewed as a key part of the "levelling up" agenda
Northern Ireland
Is the province going to be the real story in this week's elections?
Worrying trends about democracy
A new survey talks of a collapse in support for the status quo
Helpful for revision for the British Politics papers
Partygate: to resign or not resign?
Party politics and the constitutionality of ministerial resignations
Has the Prime Minister become more powerful in recent years?
What insight into the power of the PM do recent developments provide?
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