UK Government and Politics Links

 

 

Newspapers

• The Guardian

• The Observer

• The Independent

• The Times

• The Daily Telegraph
       
       
       

Government Pages

 

• 10 Downing Street

 

Textbook Companion Web Pages

 

• Very Nice Updates and Web links based upon Politics UK Textbook

• Bill Jones' Blog

• Companion Webpage to The New British Politics Textbook

• Companion Webpage to British Politics[ D Kavanagh, D Richards, M Smith, A Geddes]

• Companion Webpage to Politics and Governance in the UK  [M. Moran]

• Companion Webpage to Exploring British Politics

 

• Companion Webpage to Contemporary British Politics [Coxall and Robins]

 

BBC Pages

• BBC Coverage of Advanced Level Politics Syllabus

• The BBC News Politics Page

• The BBC News Politics Links Page

• Specific Recently Used BBC Politics  Pages
  • Country Profiles
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • Al Qaeda Timeline
  • SDP 20 Years On
  • The Hutton Report and its Aftermath
  • The Butler Report
  • The General Election of 2005
  • The General Election of 2001
  • William Hague: 1000 Days
  • IDS in March 2003
  • General Elections 1945-1997
  • 2005-2006: A Defining Year in Politics
  • Cash for Honours

   

• BBC News Night Homepage

• BBC Panorama Homepage

 

Guardian Pages

 

• The Guardian Unlimited Politics Page

• The Guardian Unlimited Politics Links Page

• Specific Recently Used Guardian Unlimited Politics Links
  • Ian Duncan Smith Becomes Leader of the Conservative Party
  • Michael Howard Becomes Leader of the Conservative Party
  • Guardian Special Report on The Hutton Report
  • General Election 2005
  • Opinion Polls
  • Detailed Opinion Poll: May 1-3 2005
  • Mao: The Unknown Story By Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, reviewed by Roy Hattersley
  • Environmental Issues
  • Guardian Environment Links to Greenpeace, FoE etc
  • SDP 25 Years On
  • Special Report: A Century of Elections
  •  Andrew Rawnsley on Blair: Part 1 with links to Parts 2 and 3

   

 

Parliament Pages

• Index of House Of Commons Library Research Papers

• General Election 2005[Scroll to Research Paper 05/033]

• Social Indicators for Good Electoral Statistics [Scroll to Research Paper 06/ 02]

• Changes at the Centre of Government [Scroll to Research Paper 05/93]

• The Modernisation of the House of Commons [Scroll to Research Paper 05/46]

• Economic Indicators [Scroll to Research Paper 06/25]

• The Burden of Taxation [Scroll to Research Paper 05/68]

• House of Commons and Constitution [Leeds University]

• Election Results, Voting Behaviour and Social Characteristics of MPs

 

 

Mori Pages

 

• MORI Political Trends
  • Mori General Election Statistics 1974-2001
  • Mori General Election Statistics 2005

   

 

Miscellaneous Pages

• John Pilger's Home Page

• Noam Chomsky Official Website

• Richard Kimber's Keele University Political Sciences Resources Pages

• Anthony Giddens' Reith Lectures

• The Third Way

• Michael Cockerell: Lifting the Lid off Spin

• Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies: Mick Underwood's Site

• Glasgow University Media Unit: Home Page

• Glasgow University Media Unit : Several very significant articles.

• UK Polling Report: links to all major polling organisations

• Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends [CREST}: Complex academic papers

• An Oxford University Politics reading list

• OU Parliament Course

• OU Judges and the Law Course

• Tutor2U :Good AS and A2 Politics Resources {Other Subjects too!}

• Marxism and the Fourth International

• Invicta Grammar School Politics Resources :An entire AS Course

• The Political Studies Association

• The 2005 British Election Survey from the University of Essex

• Wikipedia
  • Tony Blair
  • The Hutton Inquiry
  • The Butler Inquiry