Thursday, 1 February 2024

Taster Links

new crossword. 2024 AS crossword.

NI trip.

MEDIA 2024 Y9 CWD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k28Bgen3Rg0

How many constituencies are there for each of the 4 UK nations? Parliament site

How many seats does each party have? Wiki.

When no party has a majority... BBC.

The second chamber... Parliament.

Sir Keir ... BBC.

Jeremy Hunt. BBC.

Suella Braverman. Le Monde.

Bye bye Boris? Guardian.

NI party that collapsed the government... Guardian.

Biden NI visit. BBC.

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

CROSSWORDS

Links to student + DB crosswords for revision and practice.

If you've independently created more that you think might be useful for other students, message me with the link and I'll add it here!


DB CROSSWORDS

Sept 2020 (similar to the Sept 2022 themes eg UK elections, parties, systems)

NI PARTIES policies and history

Revision unit 1 basics

Politics Taster Qs

Politics Taster Qs short version

Unit 1 key terms

Press regulation (designed for Media students, so a definite challenge)

UN Starter (for unit 2)


STUDENT SEPT 2022 STARTER CROSSWORDS (UK/NI THEMES)

MILA; ELENA; FRANK; WILLIAM; JOSEPHINEFREDDIE; SULAIMAN...


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Monday, 28 February 2022

NATO UN and UKRAINE

 TBC

OCT 2022 UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS RUSSIA ANNEXATIONS (143 OF 193 VOTE FOR, 4 AGAINST - Only four countries joined Russia in voting against the resolution – Syria, Nicaragua, North Korea and Belarus. Thirty-five countries abstained, including Russia’s strategic partner China, together with India, South Africa and Pakistan. The rest did not vote.

The resolution adopted on Wednesday declares that Moscow’s actions violate Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, are “inconsistent” with the principles of the UN charter, and “have no validity under international law and do not form the basis for any alteration of the status of these regions of Ukraine.”

It demands that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders.”

The general assembly vote followed a veto by Russia last month of a similar resolution in the 15-member security council.

Meanwhile, Democratic Republic of Congo UN ambassador Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja deplored the “double standards” of the west. “We support Ukraine. We want to see the war ended,” he said. “But we would like to see the international community take similar action against other situations in the world where countries are being invaded and occupied.” GUARDIAN.




Monday, 31 January 2022

CCEA Unit 2 info packs

NB: there are now 29 NATO members!!! Montenegro joined in 2017, despite fierce Russian diplomatic pressure (and accusations of an attempted coup against the pro-Western PM)!!!

Monday, 27 December 2021

UN keeps the peace in space! China USA tensions

(Guardian)
China recently complained that the US was failing to keep to the UN-regulated protocols on space safety after its space station twice this year had to take evasive manoeuvres to avoid Elon Musk satellites. His company SpaceX has launched 1600 and has permission from the US government to launch 12000 more!
The UN has a Committee on the Safe Uses of Outer Space. The US has likewise had to take action to avoid military satellites launched by China.