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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
Austerity Illusions and Debt Delusions [Article: Classonline]
Fiscal Austerity[Article: Classonline]
British Government Institutions
Reflections: Peter Hennessy interviews long-serving British Politicians [Kinnock, Tebbit, Straw, Williams, Major and more],
The Cabinet Office and the Centre of Government House of Lords Report] Long, detailed but useful to dip into
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