Top Ten online resources

1. Tutor2 u - http://tutor2u.net/politics.html

2. Online textbook
http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/ema_uk_he_jones_politics_7/163/41886/10722888.cw/index.html

3. History Learning Site - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/british_politics.htm

4. BBC 'Democracy Live' current political issues - http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/default.stm

5. How Parliament works - http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/

6. Wikipedia UK Parliament - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom

7. Wikipedia series on politics & government of the EU - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_European_Union

8. BBC guide to Scottish parliament (with navigation bar to other UK political institutions) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8136000/8136663.stm

9. BBC News section on politics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/

10. BBC guide to political websites - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8044401.stm

The powers of the Prime Minister: TASK

We are starting a new topic next week: the "core executive".

 

This is the branch of government that implements policy and actually runs the government. In the UK, it consists of three key elements:

• Prime Minster
• Cabinet
• Civil Service.

We are going to start by looking at the Prime Minister. You must create a revision resource to outline:

• What are the powers of the Prime Minister?
• What are the limits on the Prime Minister’s power?
• What is the role of the Prime Minister’s special political advisers?
• How has Coalition government affected the Prime Minister’s power?
• Is the Prime Minister becoming more or less powerful?

 Use these resources, plus any others you can find, to help:

 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/powers_of_the_prime_minister.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/limits_powers_of_a_prime_minister.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8675705.stm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/2561931.stm  

http://www.earlhamsociologypages.co.uk/coreexexpres.htm

 

Good luck!

Good online resource

http://www.ukpolitical.info/

Also, I think this may have been the article that Nadine found on voter turnout in European elections ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3224666.stm

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