Commons People

Boris Johnson’s Conservative party swept all before them at the general election, taking seats that have never voted Tory before and obliterating Labour’s “red wall” - but the hard work has just begun. Will he get Brexit done? And how does he keep these new Tory voters on his party’s side? Conservative MP and red wall pioneer Lee Rowley joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss B...

Donald Trump did Boris Johnson a massive favour by keeping his big mouth shut about the election at this week’s Nato summit. Former Labour adviser and Evening Standard columnist Ayesha Hazarika joins Arj Singh and Ned Simons to ask whether the PM is now home and hosed, and to urge Jeremy Corbyn to take risks in Friday’s last chance saloon debate if he wants to cause an upset in next week’s electio...

Jeremy Corbyn is on the ropes over everything from anti-Semitism to tax and spending, while Boris Johnson launches an underwhelming manifesto with an announcement which immediately fell to pieces. Senior ex-advisers Salma Shah (Tories) and Matthew McGregor (Labour) join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to look back on what could be a key week in the election campaign. Make sense of politics. Sign up to th...

We’ve had the historic head-to-head TV election debate, but who came out best between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn?  Conservative party deputy chairman Paul Scully joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to dissect whose message is getting through the squall of disinformation, as the parties prepare to unveil their manifestos. Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get t...

Chuka Umunna, senior Liberal Democrat and former Labour MP,  joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to talk about the first full week of the general election campaign. Nigel Farage has delivered the first truly big moment of the campaign but is his pledge to not fight the Tories in their constituencies the game changer he thinks? Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are under pressure to back pro-EU...

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson’s resignation rocked the party as the snap election campaign began in earnest. But it only distracted attention away from the Tories’ own terrible start. One of Watson’s old allies in team Gordon Brown, Labour peer Lord Stewart Wood, and Tory ex-special advisor Laura Round join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to share their thoughts on a stuttering snap election start for...

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...

MPs have backed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle, but refused to allow it go through the Commons in time for October 31 deadline agreed with the EU. Time for an election then? The PM wants one, but who will it favour? Arj Singh and Rachel Wearmouth are joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami and Anand Menon, director of the UK In A Changing Europe think-tank, to talk over another dramatic we...

No one gave him a chance but the prime minister has managed to strike a Brexit deal with the EU. But the government was immediately facing questions over how sustainable it was given opposition from the DUP. Senior Labour MP Owen Smith joins Arj, Paul and Rachel to react to the deal and its chances of passing parliament, unpack what it means for peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland and ask whe...

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...

Commons People decamps to the pub with Politics and investigations editor at the Manchester Evening News, Jennifer Williams and Rob Ford, politics professor at Manchester University, as the Conservatives conference continues under a cloud of accusations against Boris Johnson. But are they winning friends in the region? Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in...

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock joined Paul Waugh live at Conservatives Conference to talk about his hospital building plans, where the NHS will get its funding from, the sugar tax and Brexit, in a wide ranging interview at the start of the conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the Supreme Court’s ruling that Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful, MPs returned to Westminster. The debate however immediately descended into what will go down as one of parliament’s lowest moments, with Johnson accused of inflammatory language by friends of murdered MP Jo Cox. Is Brexit not really about Brexit anymore and more about something else? Outside Westminster,...

Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry joined HuffPost UK's Paul Waugh at the 2019 Labour Conference to talk Brexit, Tom Watson and his relationship with the Labour Party, sparring with Boris Johnson in the Commons and how she thinks the Labour Party can get more female MPs elected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It seems like Boris Johnson can’t go anywhere without a barrage of heckles or angry confrontations. As the parties get into election mode, is what the Conservatives felt was their most-loved asset a problem with the electorate? Hope Not Hate campaigns director and former Labour adviser Matthew McGregor and Ryan Shorthouse, chief executive of moderate Tory Think-thank Bright Blue join Arj and Paul...

With the Commons now suspended for five weeks, Boris Johnson’s controversial plans to force through Brexit on October 31 enters the courts. Scotland’s highest court has ruled that prorogation was unlawful but what will the Supreme Court make of it? While Johnson fights the law, Jeremy Corbyn is fighting members of his own party to hold the line.  Labour former cabinet minister, Lord Charlie Falcon...

Westminster returned from it’s summer break and with it the “Rebel Alliance” sought to stop no-deal Brexit from being possible for the new PM Boris Johnson. Whether it was Dominic Cummings or Johnson in a latex mask, the idea to prorogue parliament wasn’t received kindly, not least on Johnson’s own benches in the Commons. HuffPost UK Politics and Chris White from Newingtons takes you through what...

Labour MP invited HuffPost UK's Arj Singh to his Hove constituency to talk about his participation in the Big Tents Ideas festival, how Labour colleagues took to him appearing at "Tory Glasto", and how to stop a no-deal Brexit. Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

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...

Director of The UK In A Changing Europe's Anand Menon joins Arj Singh, Rachel Wearmouth and Paul Waugh to discuss Boris Johnson taking the reins of the Tory Party, beginning with a purge of the cabinet few expected. Does it suggest a looming election? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maddy Thimont Jack of The Institute of Government and Henry Newman of Open Europe join Paul Waugh and Arj Singh to talk through the week in Westminster. As Boris Johnson looks to become new leader for the Conservatives, the Commons tries to keep control over the Brexit process. Meanwhile, are the wolves at the door for Team Corbyn?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lib Dem Leadship candidate Jo Swinson joins HuffPost UK's Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to discuss the past week in Westminster, where leadership from both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn was sorely tested. For Johnson, he's refusal to say whether he backed the embattled UK ambassador in a diplomatic row with Donald Trump drew criticism, while for Corbyn a Panorama documentary raised questions of Labou...

ConservativeHome's Paul Goodman and The Spectator's Katy Balls join Paul and Arj to talk through the final two candidates in the Tory selection process for their new leader. While Boris Johnson remains schtum, Jeremy Hunt opens the debate on fox hunting, a debate no one was asking for. #conservatives #boris johnson #jeremy hunt #jeremy corbyn #tories #leadership #conservatives Hosted on Acast. See...

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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Anand Menon joins the HuffPost UK politics team as the Conservative candidates are whittled down to replace Theresa May. From 10 to three, who's coming out on top? Rory Stewart definitely won't be, losing his tie in the debate and then ultimately losing the tie to be leader. Yeah, we know that's laboured. But speaking of Labour, is Jeremy Corbyn about to back a second referendum? Hosted on Acast....