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Not Enough Champagne

Come for the political analysis, stay for the bad jokes and wrong predictions. Not Enough Champagne is run by Steve Haynes, who in a previous life was a Parliamentary Candidate for the Liberal Democrats, and Cory Hazlehurst, a Labour activist who has written about politics for the New Statesman. We try to work out what the hell is going on with British Politics and take a step back to shed new light on issues most news outlets don't talk about.
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Now displaying: May, 2017
May 26, 2017

***This episode was recorded before the events in Manchester on Tuesday***

Steve and Cory discuss what's in the party's manifestos. Is it actually the Conservative Manifesto that harks back to the 1970s? Is Labour's Manifesto the longest suicide note in history, or 10% more radical than George Osborne? We also try and make sense of the Tory social care plans.

Our logo is designed by @jamescram and our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper

May 25, 2017

In this mini-episode, we discuss why the CPS did not press for criminal charges in the elections expenses scandal. We also talk about the wishful thinking of some and how it became a textbook example of how not to think about a political issue.

 

Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper and our logo is designed by @JamesCram

May 21, 2017

On Not Enough Champagne this week, we assess the election campaign with less than 20 days to go. Labour is closing the gap in the opinion polls, but will those supporters actually turn up and vote? The Conservatives have actually said something interesting: we talk about the the politics of their plans for social care. We also discuss how Tim Farron is hobbling the Liberal Democrat campaign, and the UKIP annual tradition of suspending one of their candidates for saying something racist.

Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper and our logo is designed by James Cram.

May 20, 2017

In this podcast, Cory and LJ discuss which seats in Birmingham are safe as houses, which are truly marginal, and try and make some predictions as to which seats will be Labour, Conservative or Liberal Democrat on June 8th.

Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper

May 16, 2017

In this second Birmingham Fabians podcast, LJ and I discuss the result of the West Midlands Mayoral Election. Topics include: why was our vote prediction 99.84% accurate, did Andy Street buy the election, and which James Bond would Sion Simon be?

Not Enough Champagne returns on Sunday and Birmingham Fabians have two more podcasts coming up before June 8th. Subscribe to us on Itunes or follow us on Twitter @bhamfabians

Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper.

May 13, 2017

In this episode, Steve and Cory discuss all things polling in the General Election. Why did the polls get it so wrong in 2015, why was the reporting of the polls so misleading in 2016, and will the 2017 election be decided by the election campaigns or by longer term trends?

Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper and our logo is designed by @jamescram

May 8, 2017

In this episode, Steve and Cory discuss the campaigns so far. We discuss Lynton Crosby's "dead cat on the table" theory and how that's playing out so far. Also, we talk about what Labour's slogan should be, and try not to repeat the Tory attack lines.

Our logo is designed by @jamescram and our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper.

May 7, 2017

It's just Cory and Steve in the bunker this week. We discuss whether local election results are a good predictor of the general election, and also the realignment of the right after the collapse of UKIP.

There will be a new episode in the week covering the general election campaign so far and Birmingham Fabian podcasts about the Mayoral Election as well.

Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper and our logo is designed by @jamescram.

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