Updating page with info & videos about UK, USA and Ideologies for A Level Politics.
17/10/2023
This is so exciting....
Essentials of Political Ideas Refreshed and completely restructured to align with the new Edexcel Politics A-Level specification, this is the new edition of Andrew Heywood's highly respected…
30/03/2023
A good article for info and examples of lobbyists and corporations
Tory party’s £3.5m ‘dirty donations’ revealed by DeSmog analysis Gifts bestowed on party and MPs by climate deniers and entities linked to fossil fuel and high pollution industry
23/03/2023
Great example of an success, this article includes the point that, "The extension of free childcare has been lobbied for by business group the CBI".
Free childcare expanded to try to help parents back to work Once a child is nine-months-old parents in England will be able to access up to 30-hours of free childcare.
23/03/2023
How Ginsburgs death changed the SupremeCourt and abortion rights
How Ginsburg's death and Kavanaugh's maneuvering shaped the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights | CNN Politics Within days of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's memorial service in late September 2020, boxes of her files and other office possessions were moved down to a dark, windowless theater on the Supreme Court's ground floor, where -- before the ongoing pandemic -- tourists could watch a film abo...
23/03/2023
Rishi released his tax return and it told us what I think we already know....he's loaded! 💷💷💷💷💷
Rishi Sunak paid over £1m in UK tax since 2019, records show The UK tax was paid on earnings of more than £4.7m from income and a US-based investment fund.
23/03/2023
On the other side of the pond, another ex-leader is also in a bit of trouble
How Trump will try to spin his anticipated arrest His strategy is designed both to keep him out of jail and turbo-boost his third White House bid.
23/03/2023
Here's a nice explainer from the about what's going on with Johnson now
Partygate returns: MPs' inquiry into Boris Johnson explained The former prime minister faces a grilling by MPs over accusations he misled Parliament over parties.
23/03/2023
Oh and also, Rishi got his through the Commons with only a handful of Tory MP's joining Truss & Johnson voting against
MPs back Rishi Sunak's new Brexit Northern Ireland deal But former PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss joined 20 other Tory MPs and the DUP to vote against the agreement.
23/03/2023
...and now people are wondering about this
Chris Mason: Boris Johnson's political future hangs in balance The verdict of MPs investigating Boris Johnson has the potential to finish him, writes the BBC's political editor.
23/03/2023
So, this happened yesterday...
Boris Johnson clashes with MPs over Partygate denials The former PM repeatedly insists he did not deliberately lie to Parliament in a marathon grilling.
02/03/2023
Just came across this older article on from 2022 on Judicial Independence. Students often struggle to distinguish between this and judicial neutrality (see other article I just posted)
Judicial independence tainted by ministers, Commons inquiry finds Supreme court taking positions more palatable to government as top MPs ‘attack’ judges, notes cross-party report