Interested in UK politics - then listen to the House of Comments

I subscribe to a large number of podcasts and try to keep up by listening to some during my journey to and from work. Review of other podcasts i listen to can be found here.

Most of the podcasts i listen to are politics-related (like most posts on this blog) and House of Comments is one of the more engaging ones.

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Website: http://markreckons.blogspot.co.uk/p/house-of-comments.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoCPodcast
Host: Mark Thompson - blog twitter
Host: Emma Burnell - blog twitter

House of Comments is a weekly hour(ish) podcast. It has two regular co-hosts - Mark Thompson and Emma Burnell. Mark is a Liberal Democrat member and Emma is a Labour member. They regularly have guests on the show to diversify the political views expressed. Episodes normally cover political topics from the previous week.

Both hosts are confident articulate advocates for their parties (most of the time!). Mark's passions include electoral reform and drug reform whilst Emma's include housing. 

Their on-going discussions illustrate where the two parties are in sync (e.g. social priorities) and where they diverge (e.g. economic priorities). If anything, the lack of a regular Conservative voice means that the two hosts sometimes find it hard to have an actual debate as they quickly agree with each other. 

This podcasts reminds of an american podcast i listen to called "Left, Right and Center". Given that that is a professionally produced US radio show and this basically two british amateurs, I think that reflects very positively on this podcast.

In summary, if you are interested in UK politics but dislike politicians just ranting at each other, this this is a good podcast to listen to.