#165 - Alex Mays on The Breakthrough Party and Breaking The Two Party System

The Breakthrough Party launched in January 2021. It was founded by Alex Mays. He grew up in Brighton but now lives in Manchester. Mays was previously a chef, but in 2015 he retrained as a journalist. He now works as head of creative at a social media company. It was his retraining which got him into politics; coinciding with the Labour leadership contest where Jeremy Corbyn swept to victory.

Breakthrough has three, very clear points as its “mission“. The party says it will:

- Unite and empower our communities to take on the establishment & challenge the political status quo.

- Make local and national politics more representative.

- Fight for an equal, fair, and just society.

HELP ME CROWDFUND MY GAMESTOP BOOK. Go to https://wen-moon.com or join the crowdfunding campaign and pre-order my next book here now - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/to-the-moon-the-gamestop-saga--2/x/26852333#/

If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now out, you’ll find the links in the description below.

Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! - https://www.xvinlink.com/?a_fid=chatter​

NameCheap - https://namecheap.pxf.io/WD4Xrn

Spreaker - https://spreaker.pxf.io/0JmQoL

Watch Us On Odysee.com - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@TheJist:4

Sign up and watch videos to earn crypto-currency!

Buy Brexit: The Establishment Civil War - https://amzn.to/39XXVjq

Mailing List - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/thejist

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Give_Me_TheJist

Website - https://thejist.co.uk/

Music from Just Jim – https://soundcloud.com/justjim

***Resources***

https://twitter.com/BThroughParty

https://breakthroughparty.org.uk/join-us/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05M6T9r7R0aL-7SwY4_wUA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57472032

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6QJKOGRyAE

https://www.thecanary.co/feature/2021/04/18/a-new-political-party-wants-a-breakthrough-for-young-people/

https://redactionpolitics.com/2021/05/22/chesham-and-amersham-by-election-breakthrough-party/