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200: Testing Times For The Government’s Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic

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04/02/20 • 37 min

As the second week of Britain’s lockdown comes to an end, the government’s response to coronavirus is beginning to come under attack. As Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and Chris Whitty self-isolate, a lack of answers over testing and protective equipment is prompting scathing criticism. Where have ministers gone wrong, and can they fix it?Senior Conservative MP and chair of the Commons science committee Greg Clark joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to talk about the government’s handling of the pandemic.Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.

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193: Boris Johnson Dodges Scrutiny After Brexit, with Professor Anand Menon

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02/06/20 • 39 min

A week after Brexit and Boris Johnson has outlined a tough opening position for trade negotiations by talking up an Australia-style relationship, but does it mean anything? It’s hard for journalists to really take a look with the government taking a Trumpian turn by trying to lock out critical media from a key briefing this week. Meanwhile, Labour’s leadership election lets the prime minister run amok in the party’s former strongholds.Arj Singh is joined by Paul Waugh, Rachel Wearmouth and UK In A Changing Europe’s Anand Menon to work out what comes next for Britain.Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.

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182: Snap Election Special: Can The Brexit Party Help The Tories?

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10/31/19 • 50 min

It’s here - the snap election we’ve all been waiting for. Boris Johnson has called the poll to settle Brexit, but with a febrile electorate, winning an election may prove just as difficult as getting the UK out of the EU. Tory election guru Lord Robert Hayward provides an indispensable guide to the campaign for the December 12 vote alongside Arj Singh, Paul Waugh, Rachel Wearmouth.Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.

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179: Boris Johnson Walks A Brexit Tightrope

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10/10/19 • 33 min

Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward and Brexit expert Jill Rutter, of the UK In A Changing Europe join Arj and Paul to discuss the week in Westminster, as Boris Johnson finds himself stuck on the rocks of a Brexit deal.But with MPs’ course set for an election, will the Conservative pitch a no-deal Brexit to voters? And will Extinction Rebellion’s protests make a difference in a snap poll?Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.

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170: Discussing Big Tent Ideas With Transport Minister George Freeman

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08/09/19 • 31 min

In a wide-ranging interview with Arj Singh, the MP George Freeman talks about his political festival, the Big Tents Idea Festival, as well how the new government of PM Boris Johnson is trying to think big. He also discusses his innovative role at the department for transport and how he thinks the Conservatives can bring the country back together again.
#Big Tent Ideas #Conservatives #Boris Johnson #transport #Britain #Brexit

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#165 - What's Left Unsaid (With Liam Byrne MP)

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06/27/19 • 40 min

While the Tory leadership challenge continues to dominate Westminster, Labour MP Liam Byrne tells HuffPost UK about the "moral emergency" emerging across the country and his own experience of mental health issues following his upbringing with an alcoholic father and how talking about it is helping him bring children's mental health to the foreground.

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#154 - So Near Yet So Very, Very Far (With Rob Halfon MP & Nikki da Costa)

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03/21/19 • 53 min

Another crushing defeat. Another piece of parliamentary jiggery-pokery. Another long week for Theresa May. An even longer week for the rest of us.

HuffPost UK's Arj Singh and Paul Waugh sat down with Conservative MP Rob Halfon and Senior Counsel at Cicero, Nikki da Costa, to work out where Brexit is going and what the future holds for Theresa May premiership.

#Brexit #Theresa May #Rob Halfon #Politics #ukpolitics #britain #eu #europe

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#143 - The 12 Days Of Austerity (With Anand Menon & Maddy Thimont Jack)

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12/20/18 • 26 min

The cabinet ministers have their own plan for Brexit and did Jeremy Corbyn call Theresa May a "stupid woman"?

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#131 - The Waugh Zone Live With Jon Ashworth MP At Labour Conference

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09/27/18 • 65 min

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Joe Biden Jets In Amid An Almighty Brexit ‘Mess’

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06/10/21 • 37 min

It’s a huge week for Boris Johnson as Joe Biden and leaders of some of the world’s wealthiest countries arrive in Cornwall for the G7 summit.

But the prime minister has embroiled himself in a row with the EU over the terms of his own Brexit deal, which has angeried the US president and is threatening to overshadow the event.

Labour’s shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy joins Arj Singh and Ned Simons to discuss how Johnson can reset and repair relations with Biden, and discuss what Labour can learn from the US Democrats in the face of the UK’s own culture war.

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Commons People currently has 260 episodes available.

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The podcast is about News, Podcasts, Politics and Government.

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The episode title 'Sunak's Overseas Aid Ambush: With Andrew Mitchell' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Commons People is 34 minutes.

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Episodes of Commons People are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of Commons People was released on Oct 29, 2015.

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