An introductory lesson to the Edexcel Gov and Politics A-level course. The students discuss recent current affairs that illustrate that democracy is potentially overrated, and are then given a scenario of setting up a new government on a desert island. Prep for that takes one lesson, the next lesson is them presenting their island governments with the rest of the students peer assessing their ideas.

An activity and resource designed for A-level politics students that gets them comparing direct and representative democracy, along with their theoretical advantages and disadvantages - topped and tailed with some discussion activities revolving around the use of referendums and direct democracy - used for the Edexcel exam board.