Petitions have a long history in Britain. For over a thousand years they have been a tool for citizens to try to address their grievances to the monarch or to the government. In 1689 the right to petition the King was even enshrined in the Bill of Rights:
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Recall refers to the power to remove (recall) an elected politician from office. Recall is an example of direct democracy and theoretically gives voters significant control over their representatives. In Britain, the Recall of MPs Act (2015) gave voters some power to recall MPs in certain circumstances.
Continue readingOne of the most common mistakes made by A-Level students is to mix up the ECHR/ECtHR and ECJ. So what are these two institutions and why are they so different?
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Politics Teaching (Currently being rebuilt for September 2022) 