Politics is a subject with plotlines that are so preposterous, they would be rejected by Netflix as unbelievable. Brexit, Trump, Covid and four prime ministers in six years. The truth is that it is difficult to know precisely what you will be studying when you embark on a politics course, and that is what makes the subject so appealing. However there are ways of making sense of the chaos. While the examples change from year to year, the nuts and bolts of politics is remarkably resilient. Year one focuses on the government and politics of the UK, how the system works and why different people argue so much within it. In year two we look at global politics, such as the role of the UN and NATO, especially as many pupils go on to study International Relations at university. Therefore, Politics at A level is designed to enable you to understand the broadly unchanging structures that underpin the political systems in Britain and the World and then to investigate the conflict and consensus that builds on top and fluctuates from year to year, month to month, hour to hour.