Canary's video: Canary Amplify x Alex Mays of the Breakthrough Party

As part of The Canary's Amplify mentoring programme, project lead Steve Topple will be interviewing young people whom the corporate media generally ignores or marginalises. In the first of the series, Steve speaks to Alex Mays, founder of the Breakthrough Party, about why he got into politics, how social media affects political debate, the role of the corporate media, his hopes for the party in 2022 and more. This interview was recorded in February 2022. Read about The Canary's Amplify mentoring programme: https://www.thecanary.co/amplify-qa/ Find out more about the Breakthrough Party: http://breakthroughparty.org.uk/join-us/ Follow it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BThroughParty Follow Steve Topple on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrTopple