Predictions, trivia, and beer porn

It’s our final episode of 2025 — and we’re going out with a bang (and a beer). Joseph, Holly, and Andrew reunite after a winter bug-induced hiatus to bring you our first-ever year-end special. We make bold predictions (that we’ll surely regret), hand out highly scientific year-end awards, play games, roast each other’s beer tasting notes, and toast to the chaos that was. It’s everything you’d expect from Craft Politics — unfiltered, occasionally insightful, and always a bit ridiculous. 🗳 Rapid-Fire Reflections: One word to sum up the political year? Fruitless, chaotic… and a bit shit. The story everyone thinks they understood? Doug Ford’s World Series ad Trump’s tariffs Labour’s tax strategy — and still nobody gets it. What we’re all pretending won’t matter in 2026, but will? Alberta separatism UK house prices defence spending… and apparently, Andrew’s age. 🔹 Serious Predictions: Canada heads to the polls — and the Conservatives win (Joseph) Conservative leadership could change… in Canada (Andrew) Reform UK will peak in spring… then fade (Holly) 🌶 Spicy Predictions: The Parti Québécois doesn’t win in Quebec — CAQ makes a surprise comeback (Joseph) Zack Polanski’s meteoric Green Party rise hits a bump (Holly) Something very spicy happens in Labour ranks (Andrew… vaguely) 🕵️‍♀️ Quiet Shifts to Watch: Canada’s election becomes about chaos vs. control Doug Ford and Donald Trump become unlikely friends Joseph steps down from the podcast due to… “an incident” 📊 Real Headline or Fake? Doug Ford on The Amazing Race? Signal-gate? Andrew Percy in the Lords? Let’s just say, trust no one — especially Grockipedia. 🗣️ Who Said It? “I don’t particularly want to wipe someone’s bum” “The best is yet to come… get the bungee harness ready” “I originally saw AI as an efficiency gain. I was wrong.” (Many of your favourites are quoted, willingly or not.) 🍺 Beer Notes or Erotic Fiction? Andrew and Holly put Joseph’s Untappd beer reviews under the microscope. Did he really say a beer had a “beautiful head”? Yes. Did he really sneak one into a soccer match? Also yes. Did any of it make sense? You be the judge 🏆 Year-End Awards Most Predictable Surprise: Angela Rayner resigns Best Attempt at Spin: Signal-gate Worst Use of a Chart: Lib Dems still doing Lib Dem things Phrase We Never Want to Hear Again: “Looks gorgeous. Tastes like a marvel.”