2020 Course Guide 

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What does an MP do?

Play the interactive game to see what our MPs do on a day to day basis

MP For a Week Game

Investigate your local MP:

UK MPS

Watch Parliament TV! 
​Don't forget PMQs on Wedsnesdays - 12pm

Parliament TV

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Key Words 

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Top Pick - If you're going to read one book this year....

Why we Get the Wrong Politicians, Isabel Hardman

General Overviews of British Politics

How it Works
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Andrew Heywood

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topical examples updates [tutor2u]

tutor2u Revision course (£25)

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YouTube

Politics Unboringed: ​https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfxy4_sBQdxzZNqvVQXcBPvsl1Zgzy2-q

UK Parliament: ​https://www.youtube.com/user/UKParliament/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=8

BBC Teach: 
​https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/citizenship-gcse-exploring-the-house-of-commons/zfjh8xs

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Top picks of ​recent documentaries / Films 

Ch4 - The invention of bors [documentary]

Nextflix - Brexit: The Uncivil War [film about campaign]

Ch4 - puppet masters [documentary]

BBC - The Cameron Years [documentary]

bbc - How the Middle class ruined britain [documentary not impartial!]

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Textbooks

• Edexcel UK Government and Politics for AS/A Level Fifth Edition by Neil McNaughton

• Essentials of UK Politics (fourth edition) by Andrew Heywood
• Politics UK (ninth edition) by Bill Jones and Philip Norton
• British Politics (third edition) by Simon Griffiths and Robert Leach
• Exploring British Politics (fourth edition) by Mark Garnett and Philip Lynch
• Essentials of Political Ideas: For A Level by Andrew Heywood
• Political Ideologies (sixth edition) by Andrew Heywood
• Modern Political Ideologies (third edition) by Andrew Vincent

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Useful websites

• UK Parliament website www.parliament.uk
• Andrew Heywood’s website www.andrewheywood.jimdo.com/articles/
• Companion website to Andrew Heywood’s Political Ideologies book https://www.macmillanihe.com/companion/Heywood-Political-Ideologies/  
• Tutor 2U https://www.tutor2u.net/politics/reference/study-notes
• Politics Home www.politicshome.com
• The Political Studies Association https://www.psa.ac.uk/psacommunities/specialist-groups/schools
• Prechewed Politics www.prechewedpolitics.co.uk 
• Politics Review Extra https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/magazines/magazines-extras/politics-review-extras
• LSE Politics and Policy research http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
• MP voting tracker https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mps/
• Simple Politics http://simplepolitics.co.uk/

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Useful TV shows/broadcasts

• Parliament TV (every session / committee meeting) https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons 
• Channel 4 News (7pm daily)
• BBC News (BBC One - 1pm, 6pm and 10pm, daily)
• BBC Newsnight (BBC Two 10.30pm, daily)
• Politics Live (BBC Two 11.15am on Weds but 12.15pm every other day Mon-Fri, daily)
• BBC News Channel Live (rolling)
• BBC Parliament Channel
• Sky News Channel (rolling)
• Sunday Politics (BBC One, Sundays 11am, after AM)
• Question Time (BBC Thursdays 10.30pm; only when Parliament is in session)
• The Andrew Marr Show (Sunday; usually 9am)
• Have I got News For You? (Fridays 9pm; series based; political satire)

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Useful News Broadcaster Websites (remember not all will be balanced)

• BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
• BBC Parliament https://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/bbcparliament
• Channel 4 https://www.channel4.com/news/
• The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics
• The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/
• The Economist https://www.economist.com/
• The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/
• The Financial Times https://www.ft.com/world/uk/politics
• LBC https://www.lbc.co.uk/ (Radio talk show: Beware RW presenters)
• The Week https://www.theweek.co.uk/
• The New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/uk
• Private Eye (very liberal) https://www.private-eye.co.uk

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Useful Podcasts/Radio shows

• The Today Show (BBC Radio Four 6-9am, daily)
• The A Level Politics Show https://anchor.fm/nick-de-souza
• The Guardian UK Politics Weekly https://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politicsweekly
• Westminster Hour (BBC Radio Four) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s624
• The Week in Westminster (BBC Radio Four) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjfq
• FT Politics https://www.ft.com/ft-politics-podcast
• A Level Politics http://alevelpolitics.com/
• Talking Politics https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/
• LBC radio station (beware RW hosts)

Useful Blogs

• Guido Fawkes https://order-order.com/
• Political Betting http://www.politicalbetting.com/
• Iain Dale https://www.iaindale.com
• Labour list https://labourlist.org/
• Conservative Home https://www.conservativehome.com/
• Liberal Democrat Voice https://www.libdemvoice.org/

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Useful Journals

• The British Journal of Politics and International Relations https://journals.sagepub.com/home/bpi​

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Currently in the KLS library 

• American Government 101: From the Continental Congress to the Iowa Caucus
• Politics for Beginners
• Alt-Right : from 4chan to the White House
• 30-second politics : the 50 most thought-provoking theories in politics, each explained in half a minute
• How democracy ends
• Them : adventures with extremists
• Social class in the 21st century
• American politics : a graphic guide
• Eve was framed : women and British justice
• Edexcel A-level politicsStudent guide 4,: Government and politics of the USA
• In your defence : stories of life and law
• Making sense of the Troubles : a history of the Northern Ireland conflict
• Edexcel AS/A-level politicsStudent guide 2,: UK government
• Political ideas for A level: Liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism, anarchism
• Kill all normies : the online culture wars from Tumblr and 4chan to the alt-right and Trump
• US government and politics for A-level
• Enemies and neighbours : Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
• Edexcel GCE politics AS and A-level: Student book
• Essentials of political ideas : for A Level
• Essentials of UK politics
• Global politics
• Political ideologies : an introduction
• Good as you : from prejudice to pride- 30 Years of Gay Britain
• Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media
• The Secret Barrister : stories of the law and how it's broken
• Times Like These: Graphic Reports of Modern Life
• Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance
• Go figure : the Economist explains
• On Anarchism