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Exam Skills
17.10.2022 – What are the Assessment Objectives in Edexcel A-Level Politics?
17.10.2022 – How to answer the 30 Mark Essay Question (Edexcel)
17.10.20 – How to answer the 30 Mark Source Question (Edexcel)
27.10.2022 – How to answer the 24 Mark Ideologies Question (Edexcel)
27.10.2022 – What are the most likely questions for the 24 Mark Ideologies Question? (Edexcel)
Democracy and Participation
31.07.2022 – Was the AV Referendum a good exercise in democracy?
30.07.2022 – What is Liberal Democracy?
28.07.2022 – Why did Citizens Juries never take off in the UK?
23.05.2022 – How effectively are Human Rights and Civil Liberties protected in the UK?
26.04.2022 – Has the use of E-Petitions enhanced democracy in the UK?
25.04.2022 – How significant is the power of recall in the UK?
Political Parties
28.10.2022 – What was Clause IV and what did Labour do to it?
05.09.2022 – How does a Conservative Leadership Election work and what happened in 2022?
17.04.2022 – What are Short Money and Cranborne Money and should political parties be entirely publicly financed?
Electoral Systems
22.05.2022 – What are the strengths and weaknesses of different voting systems?
18.04.2022 – What is the significance of by-elections?
Constitution
27.11.2022 – Why did the Supreme Court rule the Scottish Parliament cannot hold a referendum on independence?
21.10.2022 – What is the Freedom of Information Act and why did Tony Blair call it “stupidity”?
31.10.2022 – What are Works of Authority?
31.10.2022 – What is the Rule of Law and why is it an important principle of the UK Constitution?
30.08.2022 – What are the advantages of having a constitutional monarchy in the UK?
13.08.2022 – The Bill of Rights (1689) – What did it do?
07.06.2022 – Has devolution to England been successful?
05.06.2022 – Has Devolution to the nations of the UK been successful?
04.04.2022 – Who are the Hereditary Peers and why do only 92 sit in the House of Lords?
03.04.2022 – Was the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (2011) always doomed to be a failed constitutional reform?
Parliament
31.10.2022 – What is the significance of Ten-Minute Rule Bills?
27.10.2022 – Should Parliament vote electronically in divisions?
26.10.2022 – What is the significance of the withdrawal of the whip and deselection?
20.10.2022 – How did the Wright Reforms change the House of Commons and did the changes go far enough?
12.09.2022 – Why are Private Members Bills unlikely to become Acts of Parliament?
01.06.2022 – What is the difference between a party and parliamentary motion of no confidence?
27.04.2022 – A guide to the legislative process in the UK
24.04.2022 – The MPs Expenses Scandal – How much did it damage the reputation of Parliament?
18.04.2022 – Why did English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) not solve the West Lothian Question?
17.04.2022 – What is a Motion of No Confidence, why is it important and when was the last successful one?
10.04.2022 – What is Parliamentary Privilege and why is it an important principle to the operation of Parliament?
09.04.2022 – How have humble address motions increased the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny?
09.04.2022 – Why is the Parliament Act so important despite being so rarely used?
07.04.2022 – How effective is Parliament at scrutinising the Executive?
05.04.2022 – A Brief History of House of Lords Reform
05.04.2022 – What is the role of the Speaker of the House of Commons and what is the Denison Convention?
05.04.2022 – What is the Salisbury Convention and why was it so significant?
05.04.2022 – What was the Carswell Convention and why was it so short-lived?
Executive
25.10.2022- ‘Bigotgate’ – Why is it an example of the difficulties of campaigning in the age of 24/7 News Media?
14.10.2022 – What is a ‘confidence and supply agreement’?
10.09.2022 – What are the differences between the US and UK ‘Order of Succession’?
08.09.2022 – What are the great offices of state?
04.08.2022 – How did Boris Johnson (eventually) ‘Get Brexit Done’?
03.08.2022 – Theresa May and Brexit – An example of a lack of Prime Ministerial Control?
29.07.2022 – What is the Government and how is it made up?
23.04.2022 – Why do Cabinet Reshuffles take place and why is the ‘Night of the Long Knives’ so famous?
Relations Between Branches
22.10.2022 – Why was Miller vs Prime Minister so significant?
18.10.2022 – Who were the Law Lords?
03.05.2022 – How significant are public inquiries in the UK?
28.04.2022 – How does the UK judicial system work?
28.04.2022 – What are some prominent examples of Judicial Review?
18.04.2022 – The ECHR and the ECJ: What is the difference?
17.04.2022 – What is a Motion of No Confidence, why is it important and when was the last successful one?
17.04.2022 – HM Treasury v Ahmed (2010) – Why such a good example?
Global Politics – Power and Developments
20.09.2022 – What is the so-called ‘Dictator’s Club’?
24.08.2022 – How are the deaths of Qassam Soleimani and Ayman Al Zawahiri examples of US Hard Power?
Global Politics – Political and Economic Governance
29.08.2022 – Britain, the UN and the Chagos Islands – An example of the Soft nature of international law
Global Politics – Regionalism
21.10.2022 – A new IGO – what is the purpose of the European Political Community?
Book Reviews
27.04.2022 – Book Review – Unspeakable by John Bercow
03.10.2021 – Book Review – Book Review: The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 1 Prelude to Power 1994-1997
07.06.2020 – Book Review – No.10: The Geography of Power at Downing Street
01.06.2020 – Book Review – Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics
23.05.2020 – Book Review – Punch and Judy Politics: An Insiders’ Guide to Prime Minister’s Questions