Thatcherism and Boris Johnson

The Johnson government has intervened in the economy in recent weeks and the past year like no other Conservative government in recent history. My tak...

Global A Level Politics Lesson The Eu and Vaccine Nationalism

This is the audio of a lesson I delivered to my students on the recent spat between the EU Commission and the UK and Astra Zeneca. It's an unedited le...

Update: Select Committees and Backbenchers

I take a look at the recent role of select committees and backbenchers and how they have been pretty successful recently in holding the government to...

A Level Exams Cancelled: how to get the grade you need?

We cannot change government policy but it is within every students reach to still work towards a grade that will get them into university. Here are my...

Quick Essay Explainer - Is there a democratic deficit in the UK?

Bleta explains how you would write an essay looking at whether there is a democratic deficit in the UK? 
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How to write a UCAS Personal Statement?

My tips on how to write a UCAS personal statement and how to sound genuine? 
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Professor Anthony Castello on the UK government's Covid-19 testing strategy.

Here is an interview on #bbcr4today this morning, with a former Director of the WHO, Anthony Castello - he argues the government can (if it decided) s...

The Coronavirus & Deglobalisation - BBC Interview with Francis Fukuyama

Here are my thoughts on  deglobalisation and the coronavirus outbreak together with a short interview between Evan Davis of the BBC and Francis Fukuya...

Boris's Reshuffle and the resignation of Sajid Javid

My thoughts on the reshuffle and the powerful number 10 adviser Dominic Cummings. Are we seeing the emergence of a new presidentialism?

How to revise A level Politics?

A quick podcast I have put together to explain how to productively revise and recap work. Too many students believe revision is through endless note-t...

Global - My take: ‘Analyse the position of realists and liberals on security and the likelihood of conflict’

I take a look at the 12 mark question ‘Analyse the position of realists and liberals on security and the likelihood of conflict’ [12]
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GLOBAL: What is Soft Power?

A good podcast from Monocle that will help you with the Power and Development topic looking at soft power. 

Global: The End of Hubris

Good for power and developments topic - by realist Stephen Walt

Audio – China Vs USA

Graham Allison’s Thucidides Trap – China vs USA

Global: Fixing Globalisation

From BBC Radio 4 - Economist Jim O'Neil

Global: The Crisis of Peacekeeping

Global: The Crisis of Peacekeeping

The extent to which the major parties are internally divided

A look at a 30 mark question, evaluate the extent to which the major parties are internally divided. follow me @patelshop. 

Divisions within the Conservative Party (One Nation, ERG and Blue Collar)

Looking at the launch of two new groupings today, the One Nation Conservatives led by Amber Rudd and the Blue Collar Conservatives led by Esther McVey...

UK Update: Council elections, Recall & Extinction Rebellion

An update on UK politics for your C1 and C2 exams. I look at the May council election, the Peterborough recall elections and the pressure group Extinc...

Audio – Last minute tips on the global 3d exam

Some last minute tips for my students on the 3d exam, recorded on my way to work…

Audio – Does China really want to rule the world?

Monocle Foreign Desk – China is fast becoming, if it isn’t already, the world’s next superpower. But how questionable are the methods it’s using to..

Audio – Divisions within and between the main political parties

A quick podcast recording I put together to help students with the unit 1 resit exam. In the recording I look at two questions, differences..

Audio: China’s Soft Power Push

Audio: How Sharp Power Threatens Soft Power

Joseph Nye discusses how nations are increasingly using ‘sharp power’ as part of their foreign policies.

Audio: Pressure Groups: Long Road to Change

A very good Radio 4 programme on the success and otherwise of modern and historical protest movements. This is very good for key contemporary pressure...

Audio/Video : A Conversation With Ambassador Nikki Haley on Human Rights, Peace Keeping and the Security Council

Nikki Haley discusses the United States’ goals for its term as president of the UN Security Council in April. US Ambassador Haley outlines her plans..

Audio: America’s leadership of the Global Economy

This is an interesting audio article by US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, outlining the case for American economic leadership.

Audio: The Fusion of Civilisations not A Clash of Civilisations

The mood of much of the world is grim these days. Turmoil in the Middle East, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of..