In this update to episodes 2 and 93, we explore whether prime ministers are too powerful. The history of the last 30 years has taught us that leaders often struggle to control their party or weild their powers effectively. Moreover, they sometimes lack the capacity to do the job. Starmer, at the time of recording, is far from being too powerful.

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In today's pod, we take a deeper look at lobbyists in the UK. This episode serves a companion piece to episodes 126 (on pressure group influence), 97 (on think tanks) and 161 (on corporations). Much of the information from the pod comes from a brilliant Open Democracy report into corporate lobbying, which can be found here.

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This pod answers two questions in one episode:

1. Analyse the differences in power between the UK House of Lords and US Senate.
2. Analyse the similarities in power between the UK House of Lords and US Senate.

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Does the constitutional system of checks and balances in the US provide for effective government? That depends on how we define "effective". For the purposes of this pod, I define it thus:

1. The ability of the government to respond to crisis.

2. The levels of accountability that the checks promote.

3. Whether decent legislation is passed.

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This pod delves into the 2025 exam question:

To what extent is there more disagreement than agreement within nationalism?

I break down the essay into three parts: 1) What a nation should consist of and how it comes to exist, 2) who gets to be a member of a nation and 3) how should nations interact with each other.

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Keir Starmer's government has been forced to think again on its plans to reform welfare, as its Commons majority was cut back by backbench rebels.

Welcome to the next edition of E.G.4Me, a short pod designed to help you make sense of a breaking news story and how you can use it in your exams.

For more on this story, click here.

For what this might suggest about future votes in parliament, click here.

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To what extent are socialists in agreement over social equality? In today's pod, we'll cover the forms of equality they support (or don't), whether capitalism can co-exist with equality and, finally, the methods different socialists adopt to achieve equality.

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Is Congress effective at performing its scrutiny function?

Lots of talk about Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" in this episode.

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With Trump back in the White House, it's time to revisit the question of whether the US President is an imperial president.

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In today's pod, an update to episode 60, I examine which suggestion for English devolution has the greatest chance of succeeding. These include:

1. Bringing back English Votes for English Laws

2. Creating an English Parliament

3. Increasing the number of metro mayors and combined local authorities

4. Establishing regional assemblies

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