Government and Politics
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The Ten O’Clock News: Nick Clegg Might Be Right About Something!
Clegg Urges ‘Outdated’ UN to Reform I’ve been studying the United Nations recently and in today’s Politics lesson we mentioned that the Security Council reflects international politics of 1945, not 2013. If it did, Brazil, India and Germany would be there. Japan. South Africa. Australia. According to the BBC, Nick Clegg thinks so too. How… Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: Greece & Eastern Europe
Since I got back from Greece this week, I thought I’d talk about some news stories about the Grecian part of Europe – or mostly, anyway. Armenian Culture in Turkey: From the Ashes The Armenian genocide comes up a few times in We Need to Talk About Kevin, which I read while I was away, and this story… Continue reading
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A Moment of Holden Caulfield-Inspired Newspaper-Founded Moaning
This article is an interesting read, whether you’re a Government and Politics student or not. Okay, it’s mostly interesting if you’re a Politics student. Especially if, like me, you’ve had a teacher who taught the political parties topic with enough scepticism and class discussion that the students made up their own mind about which party… Continue reading
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