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Commons People Politics Podcast: EU Referendum - Brexit Edition

WTF isn't the word
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Senior Editor, HuffPost UK

So ... in the space of hours the UK had left the EU, David Cameron had quit, the pound collapsed, Jeremy Corbyn faced a coup, Scotland was eyeing independence and some want London to be its own state.

Absolute scenes. Myself and fellow survivor Paul Waugh chew over an extraordinary day for politics.  

Before You Go

Corbyn after Brexit
(01 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(02 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The results from the historic EU referendum are awaiting a final declaration and the United Kingdom is projected to have voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(03 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The results from the historic EU referendum are awaiting a final declaration and the United Kingdom is projected to have voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(04 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, is followed by journalists as he walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(05 of14)
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, speaks to an aide before attending a television interview after Britain voted to leave on the European Union in London, Britain, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville (credit:Toby Melville / Reuters)
(06 of14)
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, has a microphone fitted before an interview after Britain voted to leave on the European Union in London, Britain, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville (credit:Toby Melville / Reuters)
(07 of14)
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, watches Prime Minister David Cameron on a screen as he speaks outside 10 Downing Street after Britain voted to leave on the European Union in London, Britain, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville (credit:Toby Melville / Reuters)
(08 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, is followed by journalists as he walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(09 of14)
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, watches Prime Minister David Cameron on a screen as he speaks outside 10 Downing Street after Britain voted to leave on the European Union in London, Britain, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville (credit:Toby Melville / Reuters)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, is followed by journalists as he walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(11 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(12 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, is followed by journalists as he walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
(13 of14)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, walks towards the Houses of Parliament on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The result from the historic EU referendum has now been declared and the United Kingdom has voted to LEAVE the European Union. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (credit:Rob Stothard via Getty Images)
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on College Green in Westminster, London, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in an historic referendum which has thrown Westminster politics into disarray and sent the pound tumbling on the world markets. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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