Please support our rowers who are fundraising to have water and electricity installed in the school's boathouse:
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St Leonard's Gov&Pol
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St Leonard's Gov&Pol
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Government & Politics department of St. Leonard's Catholic School
Durham, UK Katılım Ekim 2014
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Great news! We are about to bring our boathouse into the 20th century with water and electricity. A Just Giving page has been set up to support this. We would be very grateful for any support - if you unable to donate, a share and a retweet would be great:
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The fun didn't stop for Year 13 this week. Today, constructing their own model of the Houses of Parliament.
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Year 13 taking part in the traditional key thinkers 'Come Dine With Me' for Christmas. Varying degrees of enthusiasm on display.
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Year 12/13: take a look at the Autumn statement as it *may* be one of the best examples we have of Conservative Party policy before May/June.
Simple Politics@easypoliticsUK
In total Jeremy Hunt said he had 110 measures for growth - a lot aimed specifically at business - but he didn't go into detail on them all. Phew!
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Year 12: divisions and factions within the Labour Party.
Adam Bienkov@AdamBienkov
The 56 Labour MPs who defied the whip tonight in order to vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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Yr 12/13: a big case for our studies of UK Supreme Court as well as Conservative Party policies.
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules that it would be *unlawful* to send asylum seekers to Rwanda in a major blow to the government.
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Year 12: Just Stop Oil currently providing numerous examples of pressure group activity.
LBC News@LBCNews
Just Stop Oil activists smash National Gallery painting famously targeted by suffragette in 1914, as two arrested l-bc.co/49m0MiJ
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Year 12: a good example when looking at the PM, cabinet and collective responsibility.
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics
Home Secretary Suella Braverman did not make all the edits requested by Downing Street to her Times article, BBC told bbc.in/47rmlwm
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Yr 12/13: links to Conservative Party policies & factions and also to conservatism in general.
PoliticsHome@politicshome
Three more Conservative parliamentarians, two MPs and a senior peer, have signed a pledge to withhold support for the government's upcoming Autumn Statement if it proposes raising tax overall bit.ly/496jxXh
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Yr 12: one to read for our 'voting behaviour and the media' topic.
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics
GB News breached impartiality rules in interview with Reform Party leader Richard Tice, Ofcom finds bbc.in/3s1ZfNV
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Year 12: a good example of pressure group activity. Obviously the success of the campaign remains to be seen.
Enough is Enough@eiecampaign
“We’re going to create a mass movement of working people. We’re going to change this country and win for our people.” @RMTunion’s Mick Lynch speaks to thousands at King’s Cross yesterday. Join the movement to say #EnoughlsEnough: wesayenough.co.uk
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Good luck to two of our former Politics students, Ruby and Joseph running the Great North Run tomorrow and raising money for @STLDBoatClub and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. Link to donate below:
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Another interesting move from Liz Truss. Is this a response to the uproar against it?
Guardian Australia@GuardianAus
Liz Truss shelves bill of rights as Whitehall cites need for radical overhaul – live #Echobox=1662540616" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/politics/live/…
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Year 13: does it also pose a conundrum for us trying to determine where this Conservative government lies ideologically?
Beth Rigby@BethRigby
ANALYSIS. The twin promise of a massive energy bill bailout for families and businesses plus those tax cuts a conundrum that could trigger 'existential threat' to Conservative Party | Politics News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/the-conu…
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Year 12: hopefully there was a big news story from today that made your news diary 🤔 also keep an eye on the comings and goings from the Cabinet!
Balance of Power@BalancePowerUK
Priti Patel confirms she's returning to the backbenches
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Parliament's effectiveness in holding government to account. One for any new Year 12s completing their news diary:
Guardian politics@GdnPolitics
Ex-Commons standards chief hits out over Partygate legal advice reports theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
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