Posh George: The criminal behind Farage

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How Nigel Farage came to rely on a convicted fraudster. It's July 2016 and a baby-faced British aristocrat called George Cottrell faces arrest in the US, just weeks after he and his boss, Nigel Farage, reach the summit of their careers to date - the Brexit vote. A decade later ‘Posh George' is still the Reform leader's right-hand man. This groundbreaking series from The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigates how the politician who could hold the keys to Number 10 came to depend upon a crypto enthusiast, gambler and fraudster. Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing. Host: Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A baby-faced British aristocrat called George Cottrell faces arrest in the US, just weeks after he and his boss, Nigel Farage, reach the summit of their careers to date - the Brexit vote. A decade later ‘Posh George' is still the Reform leader's right-hand man. This groundbreaking series from The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigates how the politician who could hold the keys to Number 10 came to depend upon a crypto enthusiast, gambler and fraudster. Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing. Host: Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How Nigel Farage came to rely on a convicted fraudster. It's July 2016 and a baby-faced British aristocrat called George Cottrell faces arrest in the US, just weeks after he and his boss, Nigel Farage, reach the summit of their careers to date - the Brexit vote. A decade later ‘Posh George' is still the Reform leader's right-hand man. This groundbreaking series from The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigates how the politician who could hold the keys to Number 10 came to depend upon a crypto enthusiast, gambler and fraudster. Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing. Host: Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.