402: Breaking The Law

Rob and Tom discuss new COVID restrictions, testing and if the government is going to break international law in the name of Brexit.

Topics

• [0:00] Headlines: New COVID Regulations

• [13:17] Headlines: COVID Testing

• [21:48] Brexit: It's Been A While

• [33:34] Breaking International Law?

• [46:16] Arguments Against The Bill

• [55:29] The Effect On Devolved Administrations

• [1:00:09] Will The Bill Pass?

• [1:09:08] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

• [1:09:47] Quick Polls Update: US Election

• [1:16:15] Outro

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Shownotes

• Bake Off Boris Parody

• YouGov: Brits increasingly don’t care whether Northern Ireland remains in UK

• Belfast Telegraph: Northern Ireland poll shows 45.4% back Irish unity and 46.8% support Union with UK

• Ed Miliband Speech

• Independent: Theresa May vows to rebel over ‘reckless’ Brexit bill and claims Boris Johnson didn’t understand his exit deal

• United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21

• 538: General Election Polls

• 538: 2020 Election Forecast

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21

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305: Please Make It Simple For Me Rob

Rob and Tom explain the differences between Boris’ deal and Theresa May’s deal. They then discuss how it fared in parliament and the chances of a General Election before Christmas.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [02:03] Brexit...again: Johnson’s Deal

• [06:21] Backstop means Backstop?

• [16:01] Free Trade Agreements

• [20:45] Customs, customs, customs

• [26:11] Cooperation

• [29:21] What do the public think?

• [34:03] What did the Commons do?

• [46:44] General Election?

• [59:51] Quick Polls Update

• [1:07:17] Outro

• [1:09:15] Bonus: Pizzamas

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Shownotes

• Pizzamas

• Pizzamas Merch

• YouTube: Brexit, Briefly: Revisited

• Parliament: The October 2019 EU UK Withdrawal Agreement

• The Guardian: How is Boris Johnson's Brexit deal different from Theresa May's?

• YouGov: How do the May and Johnson Brexit deals compare among Brits?

• I have a cunning plan – A History of Cunning Plans in Blackadder

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Brexit in Shreds by muffinn under CC by A 2.0

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217: The Life and Opinions of Theresa May, Gentlewoman

Rob and Tom discuss the rise and fall of Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May. They also discuss who will be likely to replace her, the archaic Conservative leadership contest and the state of the polls.

Topics

• Theresa May’s history

• Theresa May’s downfall

• Conservative leadership race

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Wikipedia: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

• BBC: Prime minister Theresa May's statement in full

• Chrome Store: Liam Foxinator

• Gov.uk: Statement from the new Prime Minister Theresa May

• The Spectator: Full text: Theresa May’s conference speech

• Britain Elects: Tory Polling

• BBC: Who will be the next prime minister?

• YouTube: Boris Johnson gets stuck on a zip wire (long version)

• The Secret Barrister: Liz Truss is unfit for office and should resign

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Theresa May - Caricature by DonkeyHotey under CC by 2.0

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216: Single Market Maybe?

Rob and Tom discuss the local elections 2019. Who won? Who lost? Was there a Lib Dem surge? And how do these results reflect on the parties fortunes if we were to have a General Election?

Topics

• Local Election Results

• Three Party Politics

• Extrapolating to a General Election

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• BBC: Local elections: Results in maps and charts

• Uttlesford

• BBC: Election results: Lib Dems 'success story of the night'

• Twitter: Vince Cable tweet

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Britain Elects: Conservative drop off in aggregated polls

• Tom is Running the London Marathon

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• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Polling Station - Beacon Road, Lewisham Deptford by RachelH_ under CC by 2.0

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214: The 12th April is the 29th March

Rob and Tom discuss Theresa May reaching across the aisle and how an agreement might be reached. They also take stock of where the Brexit process is now that the 29th March has passed and ponder what the future of Brexit holds.

Topics

• Labour’s Brexit Plan

• Conservative Brexit Plan

• Where are we now?

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Labour: Labour’s Plan for Brexit

• Conservatives: Brexit Plan

• BBC: What trade deals has the UK done so far?

• Labour: Six reasons why Theresa May's Brexit deal is bad for Britain

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Tom is Running the London Marathon

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Conservative Party Brexit Plan

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213: In the Milliverse Everything is Fine

Rob and Tom discuss the Indicative votes, Theresa May’s visit to Brussels and the Put It To The People March in what was a pretty Brexit-y week.

Topics

• Parliamentary Votes

• Indicative Votes

• Theresa May ask the EU for an Extension

• Put It To the People March

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• BBC: What are Indicative Votes?

• Brexit Flowchart

• BBC: Can May still bring back her deal after Bercow statement?

• The Guardian: ‘Let Me Do It, David’ cartoon

• People’s March Video

• Tom at the People’s March

• A Few Placards

• Revoke Article 50 Petition

• BBC: Why bots probably aren't gaming the 'Cancel Brexit' petition

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Put It To the People March by Tom.

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212: May, You Live in Interesting Times

Rob and Tom discuss the Meaningful Vote 2 (Electric Boogaloo) and where does Brexit go from here?

N.B: Some occasional audio issues on Tom’s line as he is travelling.

Topics

• Brexit: Meaningful Vote 2

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• BBC: MPs reject Theresa May's deal for a second time

• Legal Opinion on Joint Instrument and Unilateral Declaration

• BrexitCast: See You in Strasbourg

• BBC: Border 'no-deal plan' to be published

• Twitter: Meaningful Vote 3?

• YouTube: Doesn’t She Look Tired?

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• The last month of polls

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: RP1_0107x by AVAAZ, Public Domain

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211: More Popular Than The Lib Dems Already

Rob and Tom discuss the breakaway Labour and Conservative MPs forming the Independent Group and how this might be a move towards the centre ground amidst the chaos of Brexit.

Topics

• Headlines

• The Independent Group

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today

• Positive News

• The Independent Group: Statement

• BBC: Who are the MPs resigning to join the Independent Group?

• You Gov: 14% would vote for The Independent Group

• Guardian: Why binary politics leaves Britain all at sea

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Twitter: Westminster Voting Intention with IG

• Twitter: How did people who say they'd vote for 'Independent Group' vote in 2017?

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: The Independent Group

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210: Do We Secretly Have a Dragon?

Rob and Tom discuss the surprisingly prescient topic of how to form a new political party from a mixture of Independents and existing MPs.

Topics

• Headlines

• A New Political Party?

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today

• Positive News

• Guardian: What Corbyn's terms for backing May on Brexit really mean

• BBC: Five reasons why Macron won the French election

• Women’s Equality Party

• Ipsos MORI: Political Monitor: Satisfaction Ratings 1997-Present

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Jüri Ratas, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk by Arno Mikkor under CC by A 2.0.

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209: He Wanted A Wall, Now He Wants Quite A Big Fence

Rob and Tom discuss the end of the government shutdown and how Trump has fared so far.

Topics

• Headlines

• Brexit Amendments

• Trump & Government Shutdown

• Trump’s Achievements

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today

• Positive News

• The Queen and Government

• BBC: Brady Amendment

• Twitter: Plan B Cartoon

• Planet Money: The First Shutdown

• 538: Trump Approval Ratings

• Wikipedia: Federal Judges Appointed by Trump

• New York Times: The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

• Wikipedia: Rhyme as Reason Effect

• Facebook: Amy Patrick on the Wall

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Labour vs Conservative Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Security Strategy by Joyce N. Boghosian (Public Domain).

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208: Brexit is Really Complicated

Rob and Tom discuss the Meaningful Vote mere moments after the result, skipping the headlines this week. Then the conversation circles round to Mr. Speaker and the Government Shutdown.

Topics

• Theresa May’s Meaningful Vote

• Bercow impropriety?

• Trump & Government Shutdown

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Shownotes

• Huffington Post: Brexit Traffic Jam

• Twitter: Summary of PM’s position

• Guardian: Bercow Correct

• Guardian: Bercow Wrong

• Trump Steamed Hams

• Bonus: Rob and his microphone

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• YouTube

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

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S04: 2019 Predictions

Rob and Tom try to predict what the politics of 2019 has in store both in the UK and across the pond.

Topics

• Brexit

• Conservatives

• Labour

• Trump

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Brexit Image Britain by TheDigital Artist under CC0 1.0

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207: 100 Days to Brexit

Rob and Tom discuss the fallout from Theresa May pulling the Brexit vote and how they feel the UK parties have fared this year.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Brexit - No Vote, Now What?

• Rob’s Government Report Card 2018

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Go Fund Me: We the People Will Fund the Wall

• Twitter: Hank Green on Trump’s Wall

• Tiny Snek Comics: Government Shutdown

• Russian Gatwick Meme

• Gatwick Suspect Joke

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Amid Brexit chaos, Britain's political system finally implodes by Tiocfaidh ár lá 1916 under CC-by-ND 2.0

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206: 35 Minutes of Mayhem

Rob and Tom discuss the impending Brexit vote (which has since recording been delayed) and check out the latest polls.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Vote on Theresa May’s Brexit Deal

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: George HW Bush funeral: A legacy repackaged for Trump era

• BBC: Theresa May suffers three Brexit defeats in Commons

• [Update] BBC: Theresa May calls off MPs' vote on her Brexit deal

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

• Bonus: Theresa Powers: Brexit Turn

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Prime Minister's Questions (Full Chamber) by UK Parliament under CC by A 3.0.

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205: Barrelling Straight Towards Brexit

Rob and Tom discuss Theresa May’s Brexit Deal with the European Union.

N.B: Some recording issues occurred, we’ve done our best to recover as much as possible. Apologies for any glitches in the audio.

Topics

• Theresa May’s Brexit Deal

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• BBC: Brexit: UK and EU 'agree text' of draft withdrawal agreement

• Brexitcast: Klaxons & Crinkley Bottoms

• Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, as agreed at negotiators' level on 14 November 2018

• Guardian: Can you get May's Brexit deal through parliament?

• Twitter: no general election in 2018

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Brexit by Tumisu under CC0 1.0

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204: Not Famous Enough For Nate Silver

Rob and Tom discuss the midterm elections 2018 and whether there was the “blue wave” everyone was expecting.

Topics

• Wycombe High School Question Time

• The Headlines

• The Midterm Elections

• Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wycombe High School Question Time Panel

• Reddit: /r/ColorizedHistory

• BBC: US mid-term election results 2018

• Twitter: Nate Silver tweet

• Syracause.com: NY Senate 50th District: Antonacci declares victory; Mannion will wait on absentees

• Twitter: Youth vote tweet

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: 115th United States Congress Congressional Districts by U.S. Census Bureau (Public Domain).

• Wycombe High School Question Time Panel courtesy of News Crew, Wycombe High School.

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203: The Second Biggest Political March Ever

Rob and Tom discuss the People’s Vote March and the pros and cons of a second Brexit referendum.

Topics

• The Headlines

• People’s Vote March

• Second Brexit Referendum

• Polls for the Midterm Elections

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wayback Machine: BBC News Snapshot at 1301, Snapshot at 2045

• BBC: People's Vote march: Hundreds of thousands attend London protest

• Twitter: Geri Halliwell Joke

• YouTube: Richard Nixon: Address to the Nation - Silent Majority Speech - Nov 3, 1969

• FiveThirtyEight: 2018 House Forecast

• FiveThirtyEight: How unpopular is Donald Trump?

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: PeoplesVoteMarch by Symeon Vlassis under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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202: Salad Cream Means Salad Cream

Rob and Tom discuss the Party Conferences for Labour and the Conservatives and the effects on the polls.

N.B: Due to ongoing internet issues in the 18th Century realm that Rob lives (Rees-Mogg’s constituency) some of the recording had to be swapped out for the backup recording. Apologies for the audio issues this caused.

Topics

• The Headlines

• What is a Party Conference?

• Labour Party Conference

• Lib Dem Consultation

• Mid-Terms and Voting

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Shropshire Star: Heinz bows to ‘will of the people’ and sticks with Salad Cream

• YouTube: Theresa May - Dancing "Puppet" (Theresa May Dancing On Stage Meme)

• Liberal Democrats: Consultation

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Five Thirty Eight: Forecasting the race for the House

• Five Thirty Eight: Forecasting the race for the Senate

• YouTube: How to Vote in Every State

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Photoshop by Tom.

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201: Crippling Worry About Brexit

Rob and Tom are back to school, back to reality with Season 2 of Unparliamentary Language. We’ve avoided the news for too long over the summer so we are back with our Summer Roundup and the latest headlines.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Summer Round Up

• Listener Question: How would you handle the mess that is Brexit?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Metro: For Your Spires Only

• NY Times: The Plot to Subvert an Election

• Instagram: Donald Tusk with Cake

• BBC Reality Check: A plan to unlock the Irish border problem

• BBC: Pound falls after May's Brexit statement

• IHRA: Working Definition of Antisemitism

• BBC: Jeremy Corbyn wreath row explained

• BBC: Labour conference: Deselecting MPs made easier

• FT [Paywall]: Poll shows 86% of Labour members want new Brexit vote

• Jewish Telegraph: The Day Britain Dies…

• BBC: Have voters changed their minds about Brexit?

• BBC: How young and old would vote on Brexit now

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: PM visit to Brussels by Number 10. Public Domain.

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S01: UK vs US Politics, A Field Guide

Rob and Tom discuss the differences and similarities between the UK and US political systems for the benefit of listeners on both sides of the pond. 

Topics

• Constitutions

• Parliament vs Congress

• Presidential vs Prime Ministerial Power

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Shownotes

• Wikipedia: US Constitution

• Wikipeida: UK Constitution

• British Library: Magna Carta

• Oyez: Obergefell v. Hodges

• Wikipedia: House of Commons

• Wikipedia: House of Lords

• Wikipedia: Earl Grey

• Wikipedia: House of Representatives

• Wikipedia: The Senate

• FiveThirtyEight: The 5 Big Takeaways From Our House Forecast

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: House of Commons Chamber 1 by UK Parliament under CC by Attribution 3.0 Unported and Obama Health Care Speech to Joint Session of Congress by Lawrence Jackson which is Public Domain

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