Not Enough Champagne: Recent Episodes
Cory Hazlehurst and Steve Haynes
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.
The next stage of the Labour Government is apparently about delivery. We discuss three areas in which it's clear there's a renewed focus: immigration, welfare reform and house building.
Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.
We are back in time to talk about Labour Conference. And everything is sunny in the Labour garden...right?
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
In our final episode on political disengagement, we talk about how to deal with the rising tide of disillusionment.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
In the second of our episodes on anti political feeling, Steve and Cory talk about the events and trends that mean more people than ever feel disengaged with the political system in the UK.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune Plucky Good Times.
In the first of three episodes on anti-politics sentiment in the UK, we put the issue into context. Was there ever a golden age of political sentiment in the UK? And have negative attitudes to politicians changed over time?
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory look back on our Movers and Shakers picks for 2024. They answer the important questions unanswered by media outlets, such as: what had more impact on British Politics - Humza Yousaf failing to count votes, or Ed Davey falling off things?
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Are we still feeling optimistic. Let us get back to you on that. Let's instead start the year by picking the men and women we think will influence British Politics the most this year.
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
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-voters-think-about-foreign-policy-post-brexit/ and here: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/ukraine-defines-public-opinion-on-foreign-policy/
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.
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.
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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
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
In the time-honoured fashion, Steve and Cory start the year by picking their movers and shakers in British Politics over the coming year.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Back by popular demand, the second-rate light entertainment show to conclude our year. Steve Haynes and Jen Hemingway take on John Cotton and Luke John Davies in the grudge match everyone is talking about.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Cory and Steve are joined by Luke John Davies, John Cotton and Jen Hemmingway to look back on 2022 in British Politics.
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Shaz Rahman once again joins Steve and Cory to look back on Rishi Sunak's start as Prime Minister.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Shaz Rahman joins Steve and Cory to talk about what happened at Cop 27 and whether the world can avoid 1.5 degrees of warming.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Patrick Cook joins us to talk about the Midterm Elections in America.
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Liz Truss has resigned, Rishi Sunak will become Prime Minister today. Is that an end to the chaos?
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune Plucky Good Times.
Steve and Cory try and work out the structural reasons behind the pickle Liz Truss finds herself in.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory on the fallout from that mini-budget.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
This week saw the Truss Governments' first central set of actions. A "Mini Budget" that cuts taxes and launches an economic experiment in Trickle Down Economics.
Steve and Cory pay farewell to the worst Prime Minister we've ever had, and look forward with trepdiation to the next one.
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Steve and Cory pay farewell to the worst Prime Minister we've ever had, and look forward with trepdiation to the next one.
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Nothing in Britain seems to work properly, especially not the Conservative Party Leadership contest.
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Steve and Cory decide what are the ten silliest policies announced by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak in the leadership race so far.
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Cory and Steve revisit nudge theory in the light of some recent research that claims it doesn't work.
We talk about the PNAS report which you can read more about here: https://twitter.com/johnholbein1/status/1551243921153556480?s=21&t=MLRIy61HtU8_6w2UXISiiw and the framing debate here: https://twitter.com/ThomasTalhelm/status/1524406028833591298
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The new Prime Minister will have a daunting intray. What global challenges do they have to cope with and what have candidates for the leadership said they'll do about them?
We've stolen the polycrisis idea from Adam Tooze; read about it here: https://adamtooze.com/2022/06/24/chartbook-130-defining-polycrisis-from-crisis-pictures-to-the-crisis-matrix/
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The new Prime Minister will have a daunting intray. What global challenges do they have to cope with and what have candidates for the leadership said they'll do about them?
We've stolen the polycrisis idea from Adam Tooze; read about it here: https://adamtooze.com/2022/06/24/chartbook-130-defining-polycrisis-from-crisis-pictures-to-the-crisis-matrix/
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Luke John Davies join Steve and Cory to talk about the final runners in the Conservative leadership contest.
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Steve and Cory talk about the sensible, mature discussions taking place in the Conservative Party right now.
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Steve and Cory talk about a crazy week in British Politics. Did Boris Johnson or Nadim Zahawi have a worse one?
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Steve and Cory look at previous periods of high inflation to reflect on how rising prices might impact on politics today.
This was recorded before Johnson resigned this week. We'll talk about this soon. In the meantime follow us on Patreon at Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne to hear our quick reactions and read Steve's article here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/legacy-of-boris-68797067
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Steve and Cory discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol and why Boris Johnson's government doesn't like it.
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Steve and Cory check in on our movers and shakers picks.
This episode was recorded before the by-election results: to get our reaction to them, visit patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne
James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory talk about a recent report suggesting that economic insecurity is the driving force behind voting intentions in UK politics.
You can read it here: https://politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/research/nuffield-elections-unit/economic-insecurity-and-voting-intention/
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With Cory away from the NEC bunker, Steve is joined by Luke John Davies to discuss the vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership, and the future of the Conservative party. Support us: Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne
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Steve and Cory talk about why the government seems to have a problem with people working from home.
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Steve and Cory gather together what's left of their marbles after the location election campaign, and talk about this week's Queen's Speech.
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Steve and Cory talk about Boris Johnson's policy agenda and the levelling up report.
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How did the publication of the Gray Report end up not being the worst thing that happened to Boris Johnson this week? Steve and Cory try and work out why.
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Steve and Cory grab the biggest bag of popcorn they can find and talk about Boris Johnson's premiership.
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Steve and Cory pick the people they think will make waves in British Politics this year.
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Brigid Jones and Steve Haynes square off against John Cotton and Luke John Davies in the titanic end of year quiz. Features T-Rex, extensive knowledge of House of Commons hats and predictions.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.
Steve and Cory are joined by Luke John Davies, John Cotton and Brigid Jones to look back on British Politics in 2021 and cast a glance forward to 2022.
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Steve and Cory talk about who the movers and shakers of British Politics were in 2021.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune Plucky Good Times.
Cory talks with Shaz Rahman about Cop-26.
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Shaz Rahman guest stars and joins Cory to talk about Azeem Rafiq and his experience at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
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Steve and Cory talk about the Facebook papers and the metaverse.
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One day you're cock of the walk, the next day all your chickens start coming home to roost. We talk about a difficult week for the government.
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Steve and Cory talk about lobbying and the Owen Paterson affair.
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This week, hear a discussion previously only available for our Patreon listeners. Steve and Cory talk about a much-discussed profile Tom McTague wrote about Boris Johnson.
You can read the profile here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/boris-johnson-minister-of-chaos/619010/
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Steve and Cory catch up with Patrick Cook about three big stories in American politics that have taken place over the last six months.
Cory and Steve talk to Shaz Rahman about the IPCC report into climate change published over the summer.
Not Enough Champagne is back after a brief break but there have been episodes coming out on our Patreon page: Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne
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Cory talks with Shaz Rahman about why lots of Britain's energy companies are suddenly going bust.
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James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune Plucky Good Times.
Steve and Cory talk with Patrick Cook about the Canadian Election taking place on September 20th.
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Steve and Cory talk about why some UK supermarkets are facing food shortages and what could be done to ease the problem.
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Steve and Cory talk about the big issues which will dominate British Politics between now and Christmas.
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Steve and Cory discuss More in Common's report on the culture wars, and how we might be able to bridge divides.
You can find the report here: https://www.moreincommon.com/dousing-the-flames/
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Steve and Cory talk about education in this silly season episode. We discuss the teaching of Latin and an Institute for Government report into the failures of the Department for Education during the pandemic.
You can read that report here: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/schools-and-coronavirus
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Steve and Cory talk about how the Olympics has helped fuel discussions about mental health, TV rights in sport and the impending demise of English cricket.
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Steve and Cory check in on how their picks for the most influential politicians in 2021 have turned out.
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Steve and Cory discuss the fallout from England's defeat to Italy in the European Championship final. Have we got a notion for a more inclusive form of Patriotism, should social media posters be forced to reveal their identity (spoilers - probably not) and what does the future hold for England's new generation of Tiktok footballers?
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As Boris Johnson prepares to get rid of all restrictions related to coronavirus, Steve and Cory discuss polling evidence that the pandemic has led to increased polarisation.
Read the research here: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/06/23/people-in-advanced-economies-say-their-society-is-more-divided-than-before-pandemic/
And GZero's analysis of it here: https://www.gzeromedia.com/how-the-pandemic-made-us-hate-each-other
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Steve and Cory talk what Sajid Javid's appointment as Health Secretary means for the government's handling of the pandemic and what Labour's win in Batley and Spen tells us about the prospects of a progressive alliance.
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Steve and Cory talk about the plan for global vaccinations discussed at the G7 summit and the row in the Conservative Party over the foreign aid budget.
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...without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own.
Steve and Cory discuss the Lib Dem win in Chesham & Amersham. Is this just a one-off win attributable to local factors, or a political earthquake?
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Read the UK and EU report on the Lib Dems here: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Lib-Dems-report-1.pdf
And for the love of God, read Brexitland: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/brexitland/667A60CB4C315A755792074E79B20FBA
Steve and Cory talk about the G7 summit, rows over the Northern Ireland Protocol and the agreement on a minimum corporation ta rate.
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Steve and Cory discuss the constitutional reform proposals which the Conservatives are putting in place.
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Steve and Cory talk about what levelling up might mean and what the government could do to achieve it.
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Luke John Davies joins Steve Haynes to talk about Labour's sleaze attacks on the Conservatives and why they might not have been very effective.
Features a special guest: Lily, LJ's cat.
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Cory and Steve reunite to discuss what the bumper set of election results mean for political parties across the UK.
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Luke John Davies once again joins Steve Haynes to talk about the election results from Thursday.
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Steve Haynes joins Patrick Cook in the bunker to discuss Joe Biden's first 100 days as President.
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Luke John Davies once again joins Steve Haynes to talk about the Trade Union movement in the UK.
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Luke John Davies joins Steve Haynes to discuss Labour's standing a year into Keir Starmer's leadership.
Cory is currently out campaigning and was last seen buried under a stack of leaflets.
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Steve and Cory talk about the SNP, the possibility of another independence referendum and Alex Salmond's new party.
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Read the Onward report here: https://www.ukonward.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/stateoftheunion-4.pdf
Brexitland is the book Cory was raving about: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/brexitland/667A60CB4C315A755792074E79B20FBA
Steve and Cory check in once again on the Doomsday clock to see what the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists find are the main threats to the world.
Read the Bulletin here: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/
Listen to last year's episode on the Doomsday Clock here: https://notenoughchampagne.libsyn.com/the-doomsday-clock
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Patrick Cook once again joins us to talk about what the filibuster is, will the Democrats try and get rid of it, and what the consequences of doing so would be.
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Steve and Cory look behind Rishi Sunak's slick presentation at the actual substance of Wednesday's budget. Also features some fun facts about Newark.
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Patrick Cook once again joins us to talk about the budget reconciliation process and the Covid Relief bill passing through Congress.
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Shaz Rahman from shaziety.com once again joins us to talk about the failure of Texas's power grid.
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Steve and Cory discuss the Marmot review into health inequalities and their impact on the UK's coronavirus death toll.
You can read the report here: http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/build-back-fairer-the-covid-19-marmot-review/build-back-fairer-the-covid-19-marmot-review-executive-summary.pdf
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Cory and Steve discuss the global vaccine rollout and what geopolitical implications it might have.
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Steve and Cory are once again joined by Patrick to talk about what the Senate wins in Georgia might mean for the future of the Democrat and Republican parties.
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Shaz Rahman once again joins us to talk about Joe Biden's climate policy agenda.
Read more from Shaz at shaziety.com
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Steve and Cory talk to Patrick Cook about Joe Biden's first 100 days in office.
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Regular guest Shaz Rahman once again joins us to discuss an Institute for Government Report on the progress the UK has made in reaching net zero carbon by 2050 and the barriers that remain to reducing more carbon emissions.
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Read more from Shaz at shaziety.com
Read the IFG report here: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/net-zero-government-climate-change-target.pdf
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Steve and Cory talk about what the two main parties should focus on over the next 12 months.
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Steve and Cory pick the men and women who they think will be most influential in UK politics in 2021.
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John Cotton and Luke John Davies take on Steve Haynes and Brigid Jones in this year's Not Enough Champagne Quiz. Cory Hazlehurst sets questions, keeps scores and tries to even things up a little bit.
Thank you for listening to the podcast during 2020. Have a relaxing new year and we will be back in 2021.
This quiz was recorded on December 16th, before a Brexit Deal had been negotiated.
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Steve and Cory revisit the resolutions they gave Labour and the Conservatives in January and talk about the year in politics.
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Steve and Cory begin their review of 2020 by looking at their January picks for the most influential politicians.
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Steve and Cory set out to talk about the sticking points in Brexit negotiations, but get distracted by fish puns.
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Steve and Cory talk about a report from the Centre for Countering Digital Hate about how the growth in online misinformation has occurred.
You can read the report at the CCDH website: Center for Countering Digital Hate (counterhate.co.uk)
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Steve and Cory talk about the paradox that people find left-wing policies are popular whilst not voting for left-wing parties.
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Steve and Cory discuss Dominic Cummings's dire record in government and what his departure from Number 10 means for the Johnson administration.
Steve and Cory speak to Patrick Cook about the result of the US Presidential Election.
(as we acknowledge at the start of the episode, this was called before the race was called for Joe Biden)
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Steve and Cory talk to Patrick Cook about what we should expect on Election Day. Will we get a result on the night, which states should we keep an eye out for, and what will happen if there's a tie?
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Steve and Cory talk with Patrick Cook once again about why voter turnout in American Elections is so low yet the lines to vote are so long.
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Cory and Steve talk with Patrick Cook on fundraising in American Politics.
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The Conversation article Cory was referring to is: https://theconversation.com/the-scale-of-us-election-spending-explained-in-five-graphs-130651
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Steve and Cory discuss quite the week in American Politics with Patrick Cook.
(This was recorded on Wednesday before the Vice Presidential Debate)
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Steve and Cory talk about the government's treatment of asylum seekers and what that tells us about the Tory's priorities.
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Steve and Cory talk about the uses of algorithms in forming public policy and how they've inadvertently fuelled the rise of conspiracy theorists like QAnon.
The blog Cory references is: https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8/3/tiktok-and-the-sorting-hat
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As America is in the grip of the climate crisis, we check in with Patrick Cook on the state of the Presidential race.
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Steve and Cory talk about the four horsemen of the apocalypse that will plague Boris Johnson's government between now and Christmas.
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In a selection from the Not Enough Champagne Vaults, here's a conversation we recorded with Shaz Rahman a couple of months ago about the future of transport including short haul flights.
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In the final of our three episodes looking back at past episodes, we talk about the government action to tackle obesity. Features a cameo appearance by John Cotton.
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In the second of three summer episodes reflecting on our past shows, Steve and Cory revisit the episode they recorded earlier this year on Huawei. Since then, the government has opted to try and remove the Chinese firm from the UK's 5G network. What did we get right and wrong in our previous episode?
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Steve and Cory revisit their episode recorded after Boris Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership. We discuss whether he has governed as we expected him to, and look back at a turbulent year in politics to work out what we got right and what we got wrong.
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Steve and Cory talk about the ISC's Russia Report. They discuss what the media focussed on, what interesting bits did they ignore, and also about the wider political implications as well.
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Steve and Cory talk about whether Rishi Sunak's economic plans are up to the challenge we face.
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At the beginning of 2020, we gave New Year's Resolutions to each of the three main UK Political Parties. Now Steve and Cory check in with Patrick Cook to see if Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats took our advice.
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Steve and Cory talk to Shaz Rahman about the links between sport and race.
Listen to our episode about Marcus Rashford and Free School Meals coming out on our Patreon Page next week: Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne
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Steve and Cory check in with Patrick Cook on the US Presidential race.
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Steve and Cory talk about the activities of the far-right during COVID-19 and how social media giants are dealing with their hate speech.
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Steve and Cory talk about the practical problems that face schools reopening safely and the failure of the government to deal with these problems.
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Steve and Cory talk with Patrick about race, Black Lives Matter and American Policing.
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Links we have found useful:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/police-unions-minneapolis-kroll.html
https://8cantwait.org/
https://twitter.com/themanacho/status/1267609472589090816?s=21
http://useofforceproject.org/#project
https://www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2020/05/31/we-could-never-breathe/
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/n7wbyw/george-floyd-uk-state-racism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-death-of-george-floyd-in-context
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/protests-are-the-final-expression-of-outrage-84116037857
https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2020/06/01/to-white-people-on-racism/
https://crooked.com/podcast/justice-for-george-floyd/
https://crooked.com/podcast/keep-the-fight-with-justine-barron-and-amelia-mcdonell-parry/
Steve and Cory compare their post-election podcast on the Lib Dems with the party's own analysis of their December 2019 campaign, and argue about the value of leaflets.
Features cameos from Luke John Davies, Brigid Jones and John Cotton.
Read the Lib Dem's post-mortem here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/libdems/pages/58994/attachments/original/1589548753/embedpdf_The_2019_Liberal_Democrat_Election_Review.pdf?1589548753
Read Chris Butler's article here: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057/s41293-020-00139-3?sharing_token=QosstmmJ96OtIn1G08E-olxOt48VBPO10Uv7D6sAgHszgz307szN-iCSA5_qn2qFUAWaxQh6l32rePQ3nCwI8LeQSXTpbYDj5SiN1No9IJj1MrBjdA5MdLFe4s_LKH413cGEhJNmc6l1eiT4FpaMeplRCz-Zo7pY-RK1HNECgr8%3D
The Lib Dem organisational chart Steve is referring to can be found here: https://images.app.goo.gl/bVHSc3vCncXR5UH2A
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Steve and Cory talk about a busy Bank Holiday Weekend.
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With apologies to LJ and the rest of Ian Murray's pub quiz team for stealing the episode title.
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Shaz Rahman comes onto our show once again to talk about how the fall in carbon emissions since lockdown can be sustained in whatever passes for the new normal.
Shaz's website is https://www.shaziety.com/.
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What issues does this pandemic show us about global food supply chains? How might we act in the future to ensure everyone has access to the food they need? And what about the B-word?
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Steve and Cory talk about the government's botched messaging strategy over easing the lockdown and what that tells us about the Tory Party more generally.
You can read the Medium article by Jon Alexander we discuss here: https://medium.com/@jonjalex/johnsons-message-is-very-deliberate-and-very-dangerous-here-s-how-to-combat-it-d336cae96348
You can read the Ailbhe Rea article we discuss here: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2020/05/what-went-wrong-governments-communications-strategy-over-weekend
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Steve and Cory talk once again to Patrick Cook about the different US federal agencies and how they have responded to COVID-19. What powers do states have to help them get through this crisis? To what extent is the coronavirus a partisan issue? And can the US really just let states go bankrupt?
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In this special episode of West of Centre, the Birmingham and West Midlands Fabians Podcast, our chair Luke John Davies interviews newly-elected member of Labour's NEC Gurinder Singh Josan about his experiences on that body, Keir Starmer's performance as leader so far and what the Labour Party needs to do over the next few years.
Unlike the Not Enough Champagne podcast, this episode was not recorded in a soundproof bunker. Sadly there are some issues with sound quality but hopefully you can still listen and enjoy to this very interesting interview.
Luke John Davies tweets at @LJDLabour
Gurinder Singh Josan tweets at @gsjosan.
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Steve and Cory talk about the Doomsday Clock being set at 100 seconds to midnight, the three major threats to the world that it tracks, and how coronavirus is impacting on them.
You can read more about the Doomsday clock here: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
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Steve and Cory talk to our friend across the pond Patrick Cook about working for a hospital in New York as well as preview November's election now Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee for the Democrats.
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In January, Steve and Cory picked the people who they thought would influence British Politics in 2020. This week, we revisit our picks to see just how wrong our predictions are.
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Steve and Cory talk about the 5G conspiracy theories doing the rounds on the internet, which are leading to phone masts being attacked. Who is pushing them and what are they saying?
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Steve and Cory talk about Keir Starmer's victory in the Labour Leadership election.
You can find the Europe for the Many report's into Labour's election defeat here: https://www.europeforthemany.com/category/reports/
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Steve and Cory talk about Mark Pack's new book Bad News: What the Headlines Don't Tell Us.
Find Mark and his book here: https://www.markpack.org.uk/160672/bad-news-what-the-headlines-dont-tell-us/
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Steve and Cory practise social distancing and podcasting at the same time.
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Shaz Rahman once again joins us to talk about the problems facing the Energy Market in the UK and how we can invest to make the sector greener.
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This podcast was recorded a month ago, so there's no reference to the global pandemic. Cory and Steve will be recording episodes with appropriate levels of social distancing next week.
Steve and Cory talk about the differing responses to Covid 19, and Cory finds a way to talk about Brexit.
This episode was recorded over two weeks ago. Figures about death tolls are now sadly out of date, and Covid 19 is now a pandemic
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Steve and Cory talk once again with Patrick Cook about the ramifications of Super Tuesday, the establishment of a two-horse race. and some themes we've seen in the Democratic Primary so far.
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Steve and Cory discuss the government's proposed points-based immigration policy.
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Steve and Cory talk about Dominic Cummings' style of government, Andrew Sabisky, and the impact this is having on the civil service. It's made all the more relevant by Sir Philip Rutnam's resignation yesterday.
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Patrick Cook joins us once again to talk about the Democratic Presidential Primary, whether Bernie Sanders can keep his momentum, and the enlightened despotism of Michael Bloomberg.
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Steve and Cory talk briefly about the government's reshuffle, and pay The Saj a fond farewell.
(This was recorded before the Andrew Sabisky scandal, which is the subject of a future podcast).
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