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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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Apr 14, 2019

In which Steve and Cory battle tiredness and technical gremlins to talk about the chances of the Brexit impasse being broken in the next six months.

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

Apr 7, 2019

Steve and Cory talk about the rise of the far right, the growth of Islamophobia and white nationalist terrorism.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Mar 31, 2019

Pleasantly surprised to have European Citizenship for at least 12 more days, Steve and Cory discuss how Theresa May is still Prime Minister, how much joy to take at ERG infighting, and what would happen in a snap election?

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Mar 24, 2019

Steve and Cory talk about the continuing disintegration of the British government and the nonsense that is Brexit.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Mar 17, 2019

Steve and Cory discuss the week in Brexit and the current clusterwoolas engulfing the government.

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

There were one or two gremlins on our recording equipment, so occasionally the audio recording skips randomly. We've ironed out most of the glitches in this episode, and will hopefully have sorted it fully by next week.

Mar 10, 2019

This week, Steve and Cory talk about two bad ways of making policy: trying to copy populists, and just talking about "evidence based policy" without thinking through the implications.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Mar 3, 2019

Steve and Cory talk about what Brexiteers meant when they talked about Global Britain, update you with what's happening with the free trade deals the UK is supposed to be signing with Japan and America, and discuss a recent report which sees Britain's influence in the UN dwindling if we're not careful.

The blog by Chris Grey we talk about is here.

The UNA-UK report is here.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our themetune, Plucky Good Times.

Feb 24, 2019

On this episode, we discuss the 11 MPs that have gone off to join the Independent Group (or playing TIG). What do they actually stand for? Is this just a flash in the pan? And if Emmanuel Macron is Jupiter, then which Roman God is Mike Gapes?

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Feb 16, 2019

This episode features a couple of outtakes from shows we recorded over Christmas. In the first clip, we talk about the fraying social fabric of Britain with Luke John Davies, John Cotton and a cameo from Brigid Jones. In the second, we talk about the prospects for the Lib Dems in 2019.

 

Feb 10, 2019

Steve and Cory discuss the ways in which climate change impacts on national security, from refugees to flooding air bases.

Our logo was designed by James Cram and our theme tune was designed by Dave Depper.

Feb 3, 2019

Steve and Cory talk about the fundamentals of British (and global) politics that haven't changed, even in this terrible world of conflict and strife. And try and do so without quoting Theresa May's "Nothing has changed". 

Dave Depper designed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.

Jan 27, 2019

In this episode, Steve and Cory discuss what Labour and the Conservatives should focus on over the next twelve months. WARNING: contains mentions of Brexit.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Jan 20, 2019

Steve and Cory discuss the latest Brexit news and where we go from here.

Our logo is designed by James Cram and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Jan 11, 2019

Steve and Cory choose who they think will be the movers and shakers in British Politics in 2019.

Our logo is designed by James Cram, and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Jan 6, 2019

Steve and Cory reconvene in the Not Enough Champagne bunker to get surprisingly animated about vegan sausage rolls, and unsurprisingly outraged at Sajid Javid's dogwhistling about asylum seekers.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Dec 31, 2018

Spend your bank holiday listening to some high quality light entertainment, as we look back on the news in 2018. Will Luke John Davies and John Cotton take revenge for last year's defeat, or will Steve and Brigid's team retain their title. You have to listen to find out.

Dec 30, 2018

Councillors Brigid Jones, John Cotton and Birmingham Fabians chair Luke John Davies join Cory and Steve to discuss the issues the government hasn't had time to solve in 2018 because it's been too busy negotiating Brexit. We discuss social care, the callousness of austerity, and the gerrymandering of road funding, and more.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Dec 16, 2018

In this episode, our super strength panel discuss the madness of the last week and speculate on what happens next.

Cory and Steve are joined by Councillors Brigid Jones and John Cotton, as well as chair of Birmingham and West Midlands Fabians Luke John Davies.

Dec 9, 2018

Steve and Cory talk about the general Brexit chaos that has unfolded over the past week. How is it possible to summarise a six page document in 43 pages? Why do MPs keep talking nonsense about Ireland? What does UKIP's recruiting of Tommy Robinson mean? We discuss these questions and more.

Dec 2, 2018

This week we dive into BMG's research into the 10 tribes that make up the British electorate.

Nov 25, 2018

In this weeks episode, we run you through everything we know for certain about the Brexit Withdrawal agreement, and some of the things that we *think* we know about it, and the political fallout.

Our logo was designed by James Cram & our music is Plucky Good times by Dave Depper.

Nov 18, 2018

In this episode, we discuss whether David Attenborough has done more damage to the environment than Exxon Mobil, whether elephants are cuter than organutans and what exactly make an advert " too political".

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Nov 13, 2018

We discuss Jo Johnson's resignation, Jeremy Corbyn's comments on a second referendum, and why the ground seems to be shifting towards another vote.

***STOP PRESS*** This was recorded before the annoucement of a deal between the EU and the government. However, we talk about the Parliamentary arithmetic behind such a deal in this episode, which still applies.

Nov 12, 2018

In this episode, we talk about whether the Midterms have heightened or lessened the chance of nuclear war, what Labour can learn from Beto O'Rourke's campaigning in Texas, how is the Special Relationship doing, and what it means for Donald Trump's re-election prospects.

James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune.

Nov 4, 2018

Steve and Cory discuss how Philip Hammond spends more time writing jokes than consulting ministers on what is in his Budget, whether austerity has been ended, and the political reaction to the Budget by Labour and the Conservatives.

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

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