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Pressure Groups and Political Parties
Analysing Pressure Groups - Click Here
Democracy and Pressure Groups - Click Here
Factors affecting the Power of Pressure Groups - Click Here
Theories of Power - Essay - Click Here
Pressure Politics [Article by Wyn Grant] - Click Here
Political Parties
Political Parties: General
Functions of Political Parties - Click Here
Useful essay on the Post-War Consensus - Click Here
Overview of British Party Politics 1960s -2017 [Radio4 Archive on 4] - Click Here June 2017
For Going the way of the dodo? The decline of Britain’s main parties [BBC Radio 4 podcast : 28 minutes] - Click Here
Funding of Political Parties - Click Here
Membership of UK Political Parties [Parliament Research Briefing] - Click Here
Specific Political Parties
Series of lectures on British Political Parties [Gresham College Lectures by Professor Vernon Bogdanor:] - Click Here February 2018
The Labour Party
For a Page of many detailed links on The Labour Party – Click Here
The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats [Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor]-Click Here
Liberalism and the Liberal Democrats - Click Here
Nick Clegg: The Liberal who came to Power [2 Part Radio 4 series by Steve Richards] - Click Here
Lord Paddy Ashdown Obituary [From The Guardian] - Click Here
The Conservative Party
The New Right and Thatcherism – Click here
The Downing Street Years [a detailed 4 Part BBC documentary {now posted on YouTube} on the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher] - Click Here
For Thatcher: A Very British Revolution [5 part BBC 2 series beginning May 20th] - Click Here
Useful Resources on Margaret Thatcher from Tutor2U - Click Here
John Major 1990-97
For John Major [3 part series BBC] Click here
David Cameron 2010- 16
Vince Cable and the Tories: Collective Cabinet Responsibility? [From Huffington Post] - Click Here March 2014
The Formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition [from the BBC] - Click Here
How Coalition Government Works { Video from The Constitution Unit of London University] - Click Here
The Coalition: Voters , Parties and Institutions [Report on first year of Coalition :Institute for Government/University of East Anglia] - Click Here
Page of links on David Cameron and Conservative Ideology - Click Here
Cameron Uncovered [Andrew Rawnsley’s Dispatches Documentary from 2010] - Click Here
Steve Richards’ 3 part Radio 4 series on the Cameron Years is an exceptional resource for students and teachers alike - Click Here
Cameron at 10 : Antony Seldon discusses his book - Click Here
Theresa May 2016- 2019
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016 - Click Here
Theresa Versus Boris [Drama Documentary] - Click Here
Steve Richards’ 3 part Radio 4 Series; The Brexit Prime Minister - Click Here
Page of Links on Theresa May and The Conservative Party - Click Here
For Theresa May’s last big speech as PM - Click Here
For comparison of the administrations of John Major and Theresa May - Click Here
For Article 50 : Two Years On - Click Here
For Theresa May Click here and here and here
Boris Johnson 2016-19
For a page of links on Boris Johnson as Prime Minister Part One -Click Here November 2020
For a page of links on Boris Johnson as Prime Minister Part Two -Click Here September 2022
For a page of links on Boris Johnson on Ukraine -Click Here September 2022
Elizabeth Truss
For a page of links on Elizabeth Truss as Prime Minister - Click Here October 2022
Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister - Click Here December 2022 to February 2024
Click here For BBC Three Part Series: State of Chaos [ Laura Kuenssberg]
Click here and here for BBC items related to the above series.
Click Here for Ukip, Brexit Party and Reform UK.
Brexit
Page of Links on UK EU Referendum - Click Here
Brexit: A Love Story [Mark Mardell Radio 4 series: 22 episodes so far] - Click Here
Brexit : A very British Coup - Click Here
The Independent Group- Change UK and Further developments
The Independent Group- Change UK and Further developments - Click Here June 14th 2019
Annual Political Reviews { Various Sources]
The Conservatives in 2011 [From the BBC] - Click Here
The Liberal Democrats in 2011 [From the BBC] - Click Here
The Labour Party in 2011 [From the BBC] - Click Here
BBC reviews of the year for Conservative party October 2nd 2013 - Click Here
BBC reviews of the year for Labour party October 2nd 2013 - Click Here
BBC reviews of the year for Liberal Democrat party October 2nd 2013 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of 2014 Click Here
BBC Political Review of the Year 2015 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of the Year 2016 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of 2017 - Click Here
BBC Political Highlights of 2018 - Click here
What Happened in UK Politics 2019 -Click here
BBC Review 2020 The Year in Politics - click here
BBC Review 2021 The Year in Politics - Click here
BBC Review 2022 The Year in Politics - Click here and Click here
Political Review of 2023 Click here
Sky News Year in Review 2023 Click here
Additions to top of this page on party funding
Click here for Rules for funding for political Parties [IfG January 2024]
Click here for Reported Donations [ The Electoral Commission March 2023]
Click here for Money and Politic; analysing donations to UK parties 2000- 2021
Click here for Pandora Papers: Donations to Political Parties [BBC October 2021]
Click here for The Guardian Page on Party Funding [Many1700+ articles]
Click here for The Financial Times on Party Funding [Many articles]
Click here for General Election 2019 : Which Party received the most donations?
[House of Commons Library January 2020]