I read a book last year called How Democracies Die which was written by two American academics who had clearly…
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UK Politics Blog Posts
There is no reason for 16 year olds to be given the vote
In recent times, the Tory government has come under fire concerning their policy regarding a refusal to lower the voting…
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16 year olds should be allowed to vote in UK elections
In the U.K. we pride ourselves on being a democracy. A democracy in which everyone gets a vote and everyone’s…
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Online voting would cause far more problems than the current system. We should maintain the status quo.
Clearly Mr Stewart’s time spent glued to episode after episode of Love Island this summer would have been better spent…
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People in the UK are used to voting online for Love Island and other TV shows. It is time to introduce online voting for UK elections.
14 different countries now have the right to vote online and many are now rightly saying that it’s about time…
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Compulsory voting is anti-democractic and would not work in the UK.
Making voting compulsory is a civil liberties violation and would be an indictment upon the rights of our people. This…
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Oh Lib Dems…..you’ve done it again!
There are few certainties in life. Death. Taxes. Steve Smith scoring a century. Mr Leeke carrying an umbrella no matter…
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The Court of King Boris
As our wonderful panel of experts predicted on our podcast on Wednesday, the final two contenders in the race to…
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Good and bad referenda
Students and teachers alike will be well aware that the politics A-Level course has been changed, its content updated, increased…
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An election created this mess. Only another election can solve it. Time to send for Arya Stark!
Warning, this article contains a spoiler from Game of Thrones Season 8! It is not often that I find myself…
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