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Topics in this Section
Section 4 - Annual Political Reviews 2015-2019
Section 4 - Conservatives 1979-2020
Section 4 - Labour: 1979-2020
Section 4 - Liberal Democrats
Section 4 - The Financial Crisis
Section 4- British Government Institutions
Annual Political Reviews 2015-2019
BBC Political Review of the Year 2015
BBC Political Review of the Year 2016
Conservatives 1979-2020
The New Right and Thatcherism [ a longish document with several useful links]
The End of Margaret Thatcher [a docu-drama posted on YouTube]
The Downing Street Years [a detailed 4 Part BBC documentary {now posted on YouTube} on the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher]
Thatcher : A Very British Revolution {via BBC Iplayer]
The Major Years Part One [Follow subsequent links to parts 2-5]
David Cameron and the Conservative Party [A separate page containing links mainly to written articles but also to some audio and video resources]
The Conservative- Lib Dem Coalition: The Greenest Government Ever? [ Guardian interactive item]
Further Links on the Premiership of David Cameron.
Further Links on the Premiership of Theresa May
Further links on Premiership of Boris Johnson
Labour: 1979-2020
Labour1979-1997: The Wilderness Years [4 part BBC documentary subdivided into 16 parts on You Tube]
The Deal [Channel 4 Dramatised Documentary on the Relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
The Blair Years : Episode One: Episode Two: Episode Three
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair: Episode One; Episode Two; [Andrew Rawnsley’s Documentary for Channel 4..now via You Tube]
Tony Blair on 120 years of Labour Party History
Click here for Steve Richard's Radio 4 Series on the Premiership of Gordon Brown
LSE Podcast by Anthony Seldon on the Premiership of Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown’s First Year [Andrew Rawnsley for Channel 4 now via You Tube]
Further Links on the Labour Party under the Leadership of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn Respectively - Click Here
Steve Richards' 3 part Series on Jeremy Corbyn [2016]
Steve Richards' 3 part series on Jeremy Corbyn [2018]
Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg: The Liberal who came to Power [2 Part Radio 4 series by Steve Richards]
The Financial Crisis
Gordon Brown and the Financial Crisis {Andrew Rawnsley for Channel 4.now via You tube]
Meltdown: The Global Financial Collapse: One; Two; Three; Four
Global Financial Crisis Explained
Global Financial Crisis: The Untold Story
British Government Institutions
Reflections: Peter Hennessy interviews long-serving British Politicians [Kinnock, Tebbit, Straw, Williams, Major and more],
BBC Coverage of long detailed House of Lords Debate on PM, Cabinet and related institutions
Prof. Vernon Bogdanor's wide ranging Politics Lectures for Gresham's College
How Coalition Government Works { Video from The Constitution Unit of London University]
The Cabinet Manual [Article and video from UCL: scroll down a little way for the video]
The Secret World of Whitehall[1] NEW here December 2013 [Michael Cockerell: BBC First broadcast March 2011]
The Secret World of Whitehall [2 ]NEW here December 2013 [Michael Cockerell: BBC First broadcast March 2011]
The Secret World of Whitehall [3] New here December 2013[Michael Cockerell: BBC First Broadcast March 2011]
The following links to another 3 Part BBC Series by Michael Cockerell on The Great Offices of State provide detailed information on three specific government departments
The Dark Department [The Home Office] NEW here December 2013
The Palace of Dreams [The Foreign Office ] NEW here December 2013
The Secret Treasury [The Treasury] NEW here December 2013
Further Topics
Section 1 - Aspects of Politics: Theory and Practice
Section 1 - Some Key Historical Topics
Section 2- The USSR and Russia
Section 2 - The Middle East
Section 2 - China
Section 2 - The History of Ireland
Section 2 - The Cold War [24 part series]
Section 3 - The Mass Media [NEW links added March 2014]
Section 3 - Recent Developments in Feminism
Section 3 - Welfare and Inequality
Section 5 - USA Presidents from J. F. Kennedy to Barak Obama
Section 5 - The USA In the Vietnam War 1962 -1975
Section 5 - Recent Presidential Elections
Section 5 - The US Supreme Court