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Lose your inhibitions and join us for this Political Podcast.]]>enPoliticsCopyright Alex & Alexhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/55811eb69ea6c1db6e318fa2a9ba224e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/drinking-politicsSat, 19 Aug 2023 01:30:52 +0000Alex & AlexAlex & Alexdrinkingpolitics@advocatefor.ukAlex the Activist and Alex the Consultant chat after work over a drink about politics.
Lose your inhibitions and join us for this Political Podcast.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-this-is-what-i-hoped-for-after-boris-johnson--52176795https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52176795Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:19:48 +0000Alex & AlexQuite a while ago, long before his regime crumbled, I had some thoughts about what might happen after Boris Johnson. Trust in politicians is at an all time low, is there really a future for democracy in the UK without significant change?1975boris,borisjohnson,britain,capitalism,conservatives,freedom,germanpolitics,germany,government,johnson,politcians,politics,primeminsiter,revolution,socialism,sunak,truss,trust,truth,ukclean216fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-too-bizarre-for-pr-electoral-reform-with-abbie--52057038https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52057038Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:13:47 +0000Alex & AlexIs Britain too bizarre for serious electoral reform? Is it a hopeless cause? Can the old British system change? 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Alex looking into the cult of the NHS while Alex looks into cows.1707covid,cows,doctors,government,health,healthcare,holycow,labour,lazytiger,letters,management,managers,mp,nhs,parliament,petitions,politics,somber,universalhealthcare,wellnessclean214fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-tony-blair-the-influencer--51891623https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51891623Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:12:59 +0000Alex & AlexAs the Chester By-Election pushes increasing pressure on Starmer's Labour party Alex dives into Tony Blair's legacy and current attempts to steer politics. Alex takes a step forward and talks about lobbying and why it's probably a force for good. Has...1447activism,advocacy,brexit,campaigns,chester,chesterbyelection,corruption,election,europe,government,labour,labourparty,lobbying,oil,poitical,politics,primeminister,rejoineu,tony,tonyblairclean213fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-elon-greta-and-hippies-in-suits--51815710https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51815710Mon, 07 Nov 2022 20:44:04 +0000Alex & AlexWith COP27 in full swing we look at who makes the best sort of campaigner for the most controversial and challenging topics like the environment. Are hippies the best people to be campaigning for the climate? Are you still a hippie if you wear a suit?...1984activists,churchill,climate,cop,cop27,democrats,elon,elonmusk,environment,extinctionrebellion,globalwarming,greenparty,greens,greta,hippies,juststopoil,labour,republicans,twitter,wokeclean212fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-everybody-wants-to-be-pm--51659775https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51659775Sun, 23 Oct 2022 13:49:26 +0000Alex & AlexDo we need a Churchill? Who would be the best Prime Minister? Alex talks about blogs that nobody reads and Alex asks the big question: who is the next leader?1286adonis,blogs,chancellor,churchill,european,government,leaders,pints,political,politicalblog,politics,president,primeminister,pubs,warclean211fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-a-beer-for-keir--51530491https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51530491Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:23:33 +0000Alex & AlexWho would you rather have a drink with, Boris Johnson or Kier Starmer? Or perhaps you'd rather a night out with old Gove? Alex would rather a pint with Boris while Alex would rather just avoid the drugs.1558beer,birmingham,boris,currentaffairs,gove,government,johnson,labour,liverpool,news,nightclubs,nightout,pints,politics,pubs,starmer,tories,wineclean210fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-brexit-isn-t-over-but-this-series-is--46666154https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46666154Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:03:37 +0000Alex & AlexAlex asks about the joy of campaigning for Rejoin and Alex suggest to change the name of the so called Progressive Alliance.1764brexit,british,campaigns,drinking,drunk,elections,europe,grayling,holiday,island,labour,news,party,politics,protest,pub,riots,tourismcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/8-the-next-episode-is-the-brexit-episode--46550353https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46550353Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:46:02 +0000Alex & AlexAlex appreciates a positive outcome of climate change and why Alex is jealous of missing an Erasmus semester in Moscow.1515bars,bavaria,brexit,english,exchange,franconia,hamburg,moscow,munich,poland,pubs,students,taxes,university,wine,wroclawcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-camel-racing-in-scotland--46448252https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46448252Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:02:21 +0000Alex & AlexAlex measures political success and why Alex does not want to follow the road that started with Brexit.2030alcoholism,brexit,camals,competition,elections,europe,fail,freedom,independence,lose,mindfulness,racing,scotland,scottish,selfhelp,soverignty,sport,succeed,vote,wincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-the-britmus-programme--46348116https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46348116Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:23:43 +0000Alex & AlexWhy Alex prefers supporting England at the Euros and why Alex thinks local and national identities are a fluid thing.2268abroad,coming,confusion,england,erasmus,euros,exchange,football,french,german,home,its,nationalism,patriotiam,racism,sond,study,ten,uni,universitycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-nimbyism-and-trains-in-our-backyard--46251222https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46251222Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:30:58 +0000Alex & AlexHow Alex wants to fix the issue with railway nationalisation and why Alex is looking for something more local and independent.2160british,community,corbyn,federal,grassroots,independence,independent,labour,local,nationalisation,northern,party,rail,railways,trains,virgincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-the-campaign-against-the-removal-of-the-pint--46158952https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46158952Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:13:36 +0000Alex & AlexAlex is asking who the leader of the Labour Party is and what Alex thinks about his own height.1478beer,blair,blue,boredom,brown,confusion,corbyn,democracy,democrat,feet,imperialism,labour,leftist,milk,party,pint,pub,social,socialism,starmercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-ending-the-wild-west-of-the-internet--45657375https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45657375Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:13:17 +0000Alex & AlexAlex grabbed a free version of the Morning Star and Alex wants to see more grassroots media.2235citizen,communism,communist,cowboys,daily,feminism,guardian,internet,journalism,morning,online,politics,revolution,socialism,sport,star,sun,times,west,westerncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-let-s-be-real-about-labour--45657376https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45657376Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:48:11 +0000Alex & AlexAlex was interrupted by Hancock and Alex cites The Telegraph.2228beer,communism,corbyn,eu,europe,labor,labour,lenin,news,newspapers,party,politics,pub,realism,sleeze,socialism,stalin,starmer,telegraphcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-go-to-wetherspoons-create-some-sweet-spots--45657374https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45657374Thu, 29 Jul 2021 19:01:44 +0000Alex & AlexAlex is talking about the fruit of the Conservatives and Alex asks if people are not able to afford politics.2395beer,boris,brexit,cameron,conservative,conservatives,david,fbpe,fruit,government,johnson,leave,party,politics,pro-european,pub,remain,tim,wetherspoons,winecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pilot-2-embrace-your-irrational-mind--45657354https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45657354Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:31:12 +0000Alex & AlexAlex asks if there is something wrong with Labour and what Alex thinks about Wales.2360cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pilot-1-the-gravy-train--45656878https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45656878Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:31:01 +0000Alex & AlexWhat Alex learned about Britain with the help of Netflix and what Alex thinks about the rise of a new party in the UK1968britain,netflix,news,parties,politicalparty,politics,ukcleanfull