This is a very contentious subject with many holding very strong views on the matter such as David Cameron, who…
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UK Politics Blog Posts
No Deal is and has always been the only way to leave the EU
After much fanfare, Theresa May finally announced to the nation last week that she had managed to reach a deal…
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Women should have their own representatives in Parliament.
Women’s equality, although having improved greatly since the early 20th century, still has not been fully achieved. Even in the…
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Proportional Representation creates instability and is not a good system.
Proportional representation is a system where political parties got the same proportion of seats in parliament equivalent to as the…
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Podcast – Deal or No Deal
Our Politics podcasts are back after a two year hiatus! We first started creating podcasts with our students in the…
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Video: Deal or No Deal
Each year the Political Studies Association runs a national short video competition for 6th form students focusing on current political…
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Anarchism is certainly not the best form of government!
Hugo’s recent post regarding the merits of anarchism, or at the very least ardent libertarianism, made for good reading (if…
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A defence of the House of Lords as it is
I noted a blog post recently (“Is Britain a Democracy” by JD in the LVI) about how the UK cannot…
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What did we learn from the Conservative Party Conference?
During my first year of teaching, I was given some excellent advice by my mentor at the time. There is…
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Anarchy is the best form of government
From a young age, we are all taught that democracy and capitalism are the best (and only) system of government…
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