Government and Politics UK governmentUS politics Listen Watch

Government and Politics UK government/US politics Listen, Watch, Read Key Individuals Ø British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Ø Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair Ø Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron Ø Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May Ø Supreme Court Ø Lady Hale Ø Founding Fathers Ø George Washington Ø Richard Nixon Ø Donald Trump Key Events Ø Ø Ø Ø Britain joins the EEC 1973 Blair’s landslide win 1997 Good Friday Agreement 1997 Powers devolved to the UK Creation of Supreme Court 2009 EU Referendum 2016 US Constitution drawn 1878 George Washington becomes first President Essential viewing UK Supreme Court – Highest Court in the Land Thatcher: A Very British Revolution Crash Course US Politics Films/ TV shows relevant to the course Ø Iron Lady (Film) Ø The Post (Film/Netflix) Ø The Great Hack (Film/Netflix) Ø An Inconvenient Truth Ø Trump An American Dream (TV/Netflix) Ø The Final Year (Film/Netflix) Ø Race for the White House (TV/Netflix) Ø 13 th (Netlfix) Ø Knock Down the House (Film/Netflix) Ø All the President’s Men Essential Listening Essential Reading Podcasts available on Spotify Pod Save America Five Thirty Eight Politics Americast Politico Nerdcast Talking Politics The Political Party The New Statesman All Out War Tim Shipman The End of the Party – Andrew Rawnsley Blair – Tony Blair A Year at the Circus – Jon Sopel Fear – Bob Woodward The Case for Trump – Victor Davis Hanson