
Welcome to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. Every week, our resident politics writers and Westminster regulars – Kevin Schofield and Kate Nicholson – unpack the week's biggest story in a way that even the most politically dense can understand. Join us for straightforward, up-to-date and in-depth commentary on British politics from people in the know! From HuffPost UK.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 262 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PoliticsGovernmentNews | |||

Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we're discussing the May local elections and weighing up the chances of all the main parties including Labour, Green, Conservative, Reform and the Lib Dems,... more
Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. For our returning episode, and our first in four and half years, we're talking about one of the most important subjects in UK politics right now – the Iran war. Join Kevin Schofiel... more
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Labour's leader in the Lords Angela Smith joins Ned Simons, Sophia Sleigh and Paul Waugh to chat through Tory tax rises and ... more
As MPs head off to their constituencies, rising Covid cases and Channel crossings of asylum seekers are ensuring Boris Johnson cannot put his feet up.
Home Affairs Committee chair Yvette Cooper joins Ned Simons and Paul Waugh to chat through her jous... more
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What happened to this blog? Why quit when Westminster is so much in the news?
Second time in recent podcasts - not this - that I’ve been seriously disappointed by this guy’s lack of straightforward metal.
Not the same since Owen Bennett left, and there isn’t a complex issue out there which Paul Waugh can’t both over simplify and then get on the wrong side of.
The first time I’ve listened and the last.
The podcast consisted of several daft people laughing and giggling along with each other even though nothing was remotely funny
The female Scottish former labour advisor was particularly silly.
Were they all drunk perhaps?
Not for me (or anyone with a brain.)
OK so this is a review of one episode, but it’s a top class one that sets the standard for the podcast. Well known strong character and man with great political intelligence, Charlie Falconer meets equally impressive, less experienced (but you wouldn’t know it from hearing this episode) Salma Shah; his perfect foil. The conversation is expertly managed by the Huffpost podcast journalists / commentators. And they all appear to be having fun as they give us all extra insights into this most seriou... more
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