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This is so exciting....
17/10/2023

This is so exciting....

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…

A good article for info and examples of lobbyists and corporations
30/03/2023

A good article for info and examples of lobbyists and corporations

Gifts bestowed on party and MPs by climate deniers and entities linked to fossil fuel and high pollution industry

Great example of an success, this article includes the point that, "The extension of free childcare has been lobbied...
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".

Once a child is nine-months-old parents in England will be able to access up to 30-hours of free childcare.

How Ginsburgs death changed the SupremeCourt and abortion rights
23/03/2023

How Ginsburgs death changed the SupremeCourt and abortion rights

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...

Rishi released his tax return and it told us what I think we already know....he's loaded! 💷💷💷💷💷
23/03/2023

Rishi released his tax return and it told us what I think we already know....he's loaded! 💷💷💷💷💷

The UK tax was paid on earnings of more than £4.7m from income and a US-based investment fund.

On the other side of the pond, another ex-leader is also in a bit of trouble
23/03/2023

On the other side of the pond, another ex-leader is also in a bit of trouble

His strategy is designed both to keep him out of jail and turbo-boost his third White House bid.

Here's a nice explainer from the about what's going on with Johnson now
23/03/2023

Here's a nice explainer from the about what's going on with Johnson now

The former prime minister faces a grilling by MPs over accusations he misled Parliament over parties.

Oh and also, Rishi got his through the Commons with only a handful of Tory MP's joining Truss & Johnson voting again...
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

But former PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss joined 20 other Tory MPs and the DUP to vote against the agreement.

...and now people are wondering about this
23/03/2023

...and now people are wondering about this

The verdict of MPs investigating Boris Johnson has the potential to finish him, writes the BBC's political editor.

So, this happened yesterday...
23/03/2023

So, this happened yesterday...

The former PM repeatedly insists he did not deliberately lie to Parliament in a marathon grilling.

Just came across this older article on from 2022 on Judicial Independence. Students often struggle to distinguish betwee...
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)

Supreme court taking positions more palatable to government as top MPs ‘attack’ judges, notes cross-party report

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