Labour won! And we are still feeling optimistic. What strange times we live in.
Nearly.
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
Cory tries to compare Labour's manifesto to Clement Attlee's 1945, and we both talk about the Greens and Lib Dems who haven't featured much in our election podcasts so far.
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
No, we can't quite believe how Rishi Sunak is buggering this up so badly. But we have theories.
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
It's an episode where we talk about Ming: Ming Campbell, Ming Vases, and a Ming the Merciless approach to candidate selection.
There's going to be a General Election. Steve and Cory talk about the terrible launch and how things can only get better for Rishi Sunak.
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
Luke John Davies joins Steve and Cory to indulge in a feast of election speculation. When will the election be held? What will the result be? If there is a hung parliament, what will happen? And who are the potential Portillo moments.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory choose their picks for the political Movers and Shakers in the UK in 2024, which may well be an election year.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory look back on our choices for those we thought would make waves in British Politics in 2023. How well did we do?
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about a tumultuous six weeks in British Politics in which so much happened, yet so little was achieved.
(This podcast was recorded before the Rwanda votes in the Commons this week)
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about the policies that all the main parties might focus on in an upcoming election campaign, and why it's hard for Labour to release a detailed policy platform at the moment.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about why the Conservative attack lines on Labour don't seem to have much basis in reality, Labour's extreme self-awareness and whether cross-party co-operation in an election is likely.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory reflect on whether the Conservatives can present themselves as the party of change. Cory manages to confuse R.F. Delderfield and George Dangerfield.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about the by-elections in Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire.
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
In our second episode on the legacy of Rupert Murdoch, we talk about his influence on public discourse and elections in the UK and US.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
In the first of three episodes, we talk about Rupert Murdoch's recent move to step down as head of News Corp.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about whether foreign policy will be a big issue in the forthcoming election campaign.
You can see the reports Cory was talking about here: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-do-
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Like a Rishi Sunak governmental relaunch, the podcast is back. Yet British Politics is like we've never been away.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about the budget and begin to talk about how the next few years in UK politics may play out. Next week we'll reflect on the local elections.
The seond of our episodes on the UK economy.
Steve and Cory talk about a recent paper talking about the productivity problem in the UK ecconomy.
You can read the paper they are talking about here: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/files/198_AWP_final.pdf
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory lament the fact that the world seems unable to go three years without a financial crisis and talk about the recent bank collapses.
We are indebted to the work of Adam Tooze, which is always worth a read: https://adamtooze.substack.com
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed out logo.
As the podcast returns after moving house, we discuss political comebacks.
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Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
Steve and Cory talk about sportswashing, greenwashing and how businesses are trying to develop ethical practices.
A longer version of this conversation is on our patreon page: patreon.com/notenoughchampagne
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
Steve and Cory talk about what their priorities would be if they were Minister for the Future in a UK government. They discuss the NESTA essays published on the Prospect website which you can see here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/specialreports/minister-for-the-future
A longer version of this podcast is available on our patreon page: Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.