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Cranleigh School Blogs / Politics Department Blog / UK Politics

UK Politics Blog Posts

The Court of King Boris

June 21, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Walpole

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

May 20, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Von Hayek

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!

May 14, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Walpole

Warning, this article contains a spoiler from Game of Thrones Season 8! It is not often that I find myself…
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Don’t tell anyone, but I’m voting for Nige.

May 14, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | von Hayek

I shall be voting for Nigel Farage’s Brexit party on 23rd May. It will feel naughtily enjoyable. No-one can ever…
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The decision to leave the EU was correct and still is!

May 13, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Will RJ - LVI

Most of us know that there are issues with the EU, but whether or not the issues outweigh the benefits…
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Britain made the wrong decision in the 2016 EU referendum

May 13, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Abbas LVI

To leave or not to leave. The question which has encompassed society and British politics since Britain voted to leave…
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We are about to have a second referendum, it just won’t say it on the label

April 29, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | von Hayek

He’s back! What a spiffing fellow, Enoch Powell’s cheerier heir, with his pint and his fags and his coat a…
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Brexit and Parliamentary Sovereignty

March 17, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Von Hayek

We hear a fair bit of gibberish about how Brexit has broken our constitution, about how our uncodified political system…
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What on earth is going on in Westminster

March 15, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Walpole

Mention to anyone that you are a teacher or student of politics at the moment and you are usually met…
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Javid is far more neo-liberal than One Nation in his conservative beliefs.

March 9, 2019November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | von Hayek

I have a couple of things to add to Walpole’s post earlier this week on Sajid Javid’s manoeuvres regarding the…
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