ZigZag Politics

We've been running a series of Profile pieces in The Think Tank for A Level students to have an introduction to key figures. The series started when Corbyn was opposition leader, so he didn't need an introduction at that stage... but today's 16 year-olds were 10 when he resigned. Time for a Profile?

Ugh, I think two of mine are!

Twister: a brilliant metaphor for a 5-party system

YouGov has the Greens in second place for the first time

Fun game for politicos on by-election day! Lock yours in!
I also went: 💚 🩵 ❤️

This poll, however accurate it may be (and this is a proper pollster but constituency polling is hard & poll Muslims is hard an this is a constituency poll with lots of Muslims) it may end up being self-fulfilling prophecy if it encourages anti-Reform voters to coordinate on Greens

Chaos ensues.

Previous information and MRP polls alongside local knowledge has helped voters to be very effective with their tactical voting in recent elections - 2024 was a masterclass in it. But with such split polling as we have now, history will be a poor guide for the next election.

The big question here is - in each seat - who will voters collectively decide has a 'chance'? It's hard enough in just Gorton & Denton where commentators generally think a Reform/Green/Labour win is equally likely.

Of course, this only encourages more Lib Dem bar charts.

This gives me an opportunity to update my 2029 Election Predictor App, which now allows you to give Proportional Swing to Reform (only UNS in previous version). On Uniform National Swing this probably means a left-wing coalition.... but...

Soon, it's we who will be the point of comparison.

Lads, please, I'm trying to plan a magazine that comes out in March

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American presidents have often stretched their war powers, sometimes bypassing Congress completely.

In the latest issue of The Think Tank magazine: Angela Mogridge inspects the tensions between the US and Venezuela, and looks at the Top 10 most controversial uses of US presidential war powers.

As a small publisher, we also print on demand. So while our magazines are not printed to the edges, we have a very tight turnaround from commissioning to publication. So although we're not a news magazine, we can cover some of the more pertinent topics, which has become more and more important since

If you subscribed to Politics Review, you may be sad to find it is ending!

However, you can get your fix of an A Level-specific political magazine by subscribing to The Think Tank. We share many of the same writers, and you can get your first 3 issues free: zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/436...

You can't pass an unprecedented law to strip me of my peerage! I quit!

... oh, around 2016.

As a small publisher, we also print on demand. So while our magazines are not printed to the edges, we have a very tight turnaround from commissioning to publication. So although we're not a news magazine, we can cover some of the more pertinent topics, which has become more and more important since

The Think Tank is published six times a year, so there is a new issue every half term. And like all our resources it's designed to be easy to photocopy - and from the next issue we are finally rolling out downloadable PDFs of each issue (if you choose the 'school pack' subscription).

If you subscribed to Politics Review, you may be sad to find it is ending!

However, you can get your fix of an A Level-specific political magazine by subscribing to The Think Tank. We share many of the same writers, and you can get your first 3 issues free: zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/436...

Great to have the latest set of @hachetteuk.bsky.social Review magazines esp Politics Review in St Peters Library for A-level students

- but 😭😭these are the penultimate editions before Hachette Education shuts them all.

Politics Review has been brilliantly useful for decades. Huge loss

So 17 people (~33% of 51) said Labour, 18 people said Reform.

Great cover!

The Think Tank gives a short history of Holyrood. What are its powers and policies despite Westminister's ultimate sovereignty?

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The Battle of the Superpowers - has China achieved full superpower status or are they yet to have catch up with the USA's longstanding title?

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May I suggest a pneumonic? Tariffs Are Really Idiotic; For F*ck's Sake.

Updated Scotland poll tracker:

🎗️ SNP still projected one short of a majority.

Pro-independce majority of 21.

Worst ever Labour & Con results.

Best ever Green result.

Seats (+/- 2021):

SNP: 64 (-)
Ref: 16 (+16)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Grn: 11 (+3)
Con: 10 (-21)
LD: 10 (+6)
Alba: 0 (-)

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