Show 369. Alex Burghart

The Political Party

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🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Alex Burghart

Politics. History. Food.

What more do you want for Christmas?

Alex Burghart is the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and fills in for Kemi Badenoch at PMQs.

More importantly, he has a deep fat fryer and he's keen to experiment.

This is the indulgent Christmas special we all needed.

FOLLOW Alex on X: @alexburghart

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12 February: Bath, Komedia

13 February: Southend, Palace Theatre

16 February: Cambridge, The Junction

20 February: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts

23 February: Brighton, Komedia

25 February: Cardiff, Glee Club

26 February: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal

28 February: Chelmsford Theatre - EXTRA DATE

2 March: Bristol, Tobacco Factory

4 March: Colchester Arts Centre - EXTRA DATE

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11 March: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree

12 March: Glasgow, Glee Club

27 March: Oxford, Glee Club - EXTRA DATE

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4 April: London, Bloomsbury Theatre - EXTRA DATE

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0:00.0	Hello, Merry Christmas and welcome to the political party.
0:12.7	Today's guest is Alex Berghardt, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
0:17.3	and also Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
0:20.5	We come on to what that means.
0:21.5	But basically, one of his main tasks is when Kemi Badenock is not doing Prime Minister's
0:26.6	questions, when the Prime Minister is away, he stands in for her, as he did a few weeks ago.
0:31.2	And we talk about that and what it was like to face Angela Rainer, but also his fascinating
0:35.2	life before and interests before politics and fair bit of Christmas chat,
0:40.7	including man, the food that he's making at home is something else.
0:45.5	I don't think you'll be able to guess what it is, but we'll come on to that.
0:48.4	I have fantastic news before we dive in to this brilliant chat with Alex.
0:53.3	The political party is returning to the stage.
0:56.0	Obviously, this show started over 11 years ago,
0:59.0	nearly 12 years ago now, as a live event in London,
1:03.1	at the then what was called the St. James's Theatre,
1:06.0	now called the Other Palace.
1:07.6	And it was a live event that I podcasted.
1:09.6	And obviously, for a little while through
1:13.4	COVID through my own health issues it's not been on the stage but it is returning to its natural
1:18.6	home which is the stage and the Duchess Theatre where I was prior to getting cancer
1:24.8	I'm now back at in the West End. The shows are already on sale for next year
1:30.2	and the dates are as follows. And these are all Mondays. Monday evenings at 7.30 and I'm busy
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