Commons People

Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss Prime Minister Andy Burnham's ever-confusing stance on Brexit, his recent comments on Russian interference in UK elections and why Labour’s "great communicator" keeps ending up with his foot in his mouth.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds and clips sourced from The Rest Is Politics and Politics UK. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss the Green Party conference and their controversial zionism is racism motion, plus how we think Zack Polanski will fare in today’s by-election.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss the Labour Party conference, Andy Burnham's powerful speech and what he had to say about calling an early general election.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds and clip courtesy of @labourparty via YouTube. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss how Andy Burnham fared during his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds and clip clip courtesy of @clashreport via X. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss the two huge donations Reform UK received this week from crypto billionaires, and review new legislation being proposed to stop foreign donors interfering with UK politics.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's podcast, we discuss how Reform's party conference went from bad to worse, and analyse whether they're capable of bouncing back from all this scandal.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss how President Trump has been "moving mad" this week, from posting to his social media 100 times a day to trying rename Lake Ontario "Lake America".

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we're asking whether UK-Russia relations have slipped into a new, more dangerous phase due – in part – to Andy Burnham's visit to Ukraine this week.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal and Dan Faber.

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, we discuss the current state of the Green Party – once riding high in the polls – with former party leader and current peer, Natalie Bennett.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal

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Welcome back to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. In this week's episode, Kevin sits down with Liz Bates, a former political journalist turned special adviser for Keir Starmer's Government. Liz lifts the lid on what a SPAD does, the "funereal" reality of Keir Starmer's resignation to those on the inside and the difference between reporting the news and influencing the story.

Timecodes

00:00 – Introduction.

05:07 – What is a special adviser and what do they do?

07:59 – What was it like working for Steve Reed, the former Housing Secretary and Environment Secretary?

13:10 – Behind the scenes of Keir Starmer's resignation in July.

18:30 – Why does a SPAD also lose their job when the minister they're serving does?

20:32 – What's next for Liz and what does she think about the future of Andy Burnham's Government.

23:35 – Bluffers Guide and end.

You can follow us at @commons.people on Instagram and TikTok. This is a HuffPost UK podcast. Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Producer: Sam Cleal

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