{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a879162610040012f1c7a3/6a565daf70c881d75cf46fdd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Daddy’ | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.5","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a879162610040012f1c7a3/1784044894076-b2527ce8-1860-4b7d-8f49-7fe3cac1a4cb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nigel Farage realises one of his lifelong ambitions, as he becomes an MP,&nbsp;with the help of Posh George.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This leads to questions over George’s financial support for his ally. Did it breach parliamentary rules?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>And, the Insight team tries to make sense of Posh George and Farage’s ten-plus year friendship after the fallout from their reporting.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host: </strong>Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times</p><p><br></p><p>Read more:<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/article/aa2fac13-d28c-48ba-b7d2-e4a809155d00?shareToken=9e34c131a6544afc4d4c1452cf6e7eaa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> <em>Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal</em></a> by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo &amp; George Greenwood</p><p><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/police-investigate-reform-donations-by-mother-of-fraudster-who-bankrolled-farage-3kd826j7h\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage</a> by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo &amp; George Greenwood</p><p>Watch:<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/video/originals/article/watch-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-aristocrat-funding-nigel-farage-m580xhg6w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage</a></p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch -&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Call or WhatsApp The Sunday Times’s Insight team: 020 7782 5959</p><p>For any tips on this series:&nbsp;insight@sunday-times.co.uk</p><p>If you have a story for us: <a href=\"mailto:investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}