The People Have Spoken Ep1. Andy Cool'em Down'em
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The People Have Spoken Ep1. Andy Cool'em Down'em

B1IntermediateAugust 21, 202628 min

It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Maisie Adam and Alasdair-Beckett King to work out what is going on, and together with our audience, solve the biggest problem facing the world right now. Is Gianni Infantino just misunderstood? What kind of novelty candidate would you inhabit to capture the nation's imagination? and what small inconvenience should Andy Burnham fix next? Written by Ian Smith, Cameron Loxdale, Angela Channel and Alex Kealy Production coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter Recorded by David and Luca Thomas Edited by David Thomas Exec...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. ...and the We will be back in a few minutes. We will be back in a few minutes.

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We will be back in a few minutes. We will be back in a few minutes. getting richer and with Andrew Tate facing a prison sentence, the young men in this country have no one to look up to.

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But the people have answers. I've assembled a crack team of audience members, a People's Parliament packed with real-life wisdom. We're going to go through the week's news and figure it out for ourselves. And we're raring to go. I said we're raring to go! Welcome to...

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