Task 1: Please watch the PPT and clips below:
While this is not a political history course - understanding of past political events and personalities are important. We will be referring to Margaret Thatcher' Conservative Government in the 80s and Tony Blair's New Labour Governments during the course - so it is helpful that you have a basic understanding of modern political history
Please watch the powerpoint I prepared during Lockdown 2020. You will also need to watch any relevant clips. I refer to a documentary series by Andrew Marr called the 'History of Modern Britain' - These are and the end of this page and are optional.
- 1991 - The Thatcher Revolution
1990 - 2010 - John Major and the New Labour Years
The Coalition Years 2010-2015
The Brexit years 2016-2019
2019 -2024
In 2019, I was confidently predicting that Boris Johnson could be Prime Minister for a decade. Perhaps the 2020s would be known to history as the Boris decade. This didn't happen - so what went wrong?
Boris Johnson was replaced by Liz Truss. It is fair to say her premiership did not quite go to plan
In September 2022, Rishi Sunak was in the political wilderness. he lost the Conservative leadership race to Liz Truss and was out of her cabinet. 50 days later, he was appointed as Prime Minister. The Tories were badly behind in the opinion polls. Could Sunak turn things around?
The 2024 General Election
TASK 2: Written Tasks
Tony Blair was a better prime minister than Margaret Thatcher - do you agree?
Brexit was a terrible mistake - Do you agree?
The Conservatives lost the 2024 General election due to a terrible campaign - do you agree
for all three questions a detailed paragraph is expected
Mr Ingham
Optional Work - The following Andrew Marr series is excellent