backbenchers – A Level Politics

April 11, 2017

How important are backbenchers?

Backbenchers are Members of Parliament who do not have ministerial roles, be this in the Government or as part of the Shadow Cabinet. Their importance..

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Week in Westminster

16/02/2019

George Parker of the Financial Times talks to a government minister threatening to resign if there's a 'no deal' Brexit. What's the economic impact of leaving the EU? And are we sending mixed messages to China? The editor is Peter Mulligan

BBC Radio 4

09/02/2019

Anne McElvoy of the Economist looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Teresa May went to Brussels and Dublin in pursuit of her Brexit deal while in London Jeremy Corbyn produced his Brexit plan. Is there common ground? Lord Bew a former adviser to Lord Trimble on the Good Friday Agreement, says the current proposed backstop […]

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Radio 4 Friday News Comedy

The News Quiz 15 Feb 2019

Miles Jupp looks back at the news this week with Hugo Rifkind, Zoe Lyons, Susan Calman and Paul Sinha. This week: good news in Brexit as Liam Fox reveals 4 signed trade deals; bad news for the Labour Party as Kier Starmer recommends new measures to tackle anti-Semitism; and sad news for Russia as Vladimir […]

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The News Quiz 08 Feb 2019

It's a week of two Donalds - Donald Trump who gave his third State of the Union address, and Donald Tusk who thought there should be a "special place in hell" for those who promoted Brexit without a plan of how to enact it. Miles Jupp hosts, with Susan Calman, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Desiree Burch & […]

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The World Next Week (CFR)

President Trump’s Border Deal, Nigeria’s Presidential Election, and More February 14, 2019

The United States could face another government shutdown, Nigeria holds a presidential election, and U.S. and North Korean officials discuss holding a second summit.

Iran Commemorates 1979 Revolution, House of Commons Votes on Brexit, and More February 7, 2019

President Hassan Rouhani commemorates Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the United Kingdom's House of Commons votes on a new Brexit deal, and the African Union convenes in Addis Ababa.

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