Labour Party changes

Labour Party changes

Read these articles and think about how the Labour Party has changed.


Are today's policies more Old or New Labour?


What is the role of Momentum?


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q-viXntj2U8I7TLjP6luBcAkJv2RlRuk/view?usp=sharing

Conservative Party conference

Conservative Party conference

What impact will this have on:

• the Government?
• Conservative Party?
• Labour Party?
• Prime Minister?

What now for Theresa May and her party?


Theresa May speech: Five things that weren't expected

Independent learning: Human Rights

Rwandan Genocide

 

https://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/speakers-and-events/all-speakers-and-events/a-good-man-in-hell-general-romeo-dallaire-and-the-rwanda-genocide

• Read the article and take notes. You can use Cornell.
• What is the state of Human Rights in the UK?
• How does this article link to human rights?

Independent learning: democracy key terms

Independent learning

Have a go at revising these key terms for your assessment.

Independent learning: 'Has British democracy let it's people down?'

Independent learning: 'Has British democracy let it's people down?'

Read the article ‘Has British democracy let it’speople down?’

Make notes &

• –Define ‘turnout.’ What was the turnout for 2017, 2015 and 2010?
• –Explain why voters may feel frustrated with UK democracy.
• –Do you agree with the view of the author that ‘the "demos" (people) are increasingly excluded from the "kratos" (power)’? Why?

General election in nearly 60 seconds!

General election in nearly 60 seconds!

Here is the video we watched on induction day.

There are other good videos on the UK Parliament website to look at.

How well do you know your constituency?

How well do you know your constituency?

Voting behaviour. How many can you get right?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39952365