About this episode

Ava discusses an investigation revealing the relationship between Nigel Farage and convicted felon George Cottrell.

Ava is joined by Venetia Menzies of Insight, the investigations team at The Sunday Times. Over the weekend, Venetia and her colleagues published a story uncovering the extent of the relationship between Reform's Nigel Farage and 'Posh' George Cottrell, a convicted felon, as well as a potential breach of the parliamentary rules linked to gifts from Cottrell to Farage. Menzies breaks down the story and the investigation leading up to it. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ava

Guest: Venetia Menzies

Topics covered

• investigation
• politics
• criminal activity
• parliamentary rules
• journalism

Keywords

• Nigel Farage
• George Cottrell
• investigation
• The Sunday Times
• parliamentary rules

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Sunday Times, Insight, Reform

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