About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Nigel Farage's financial dealings and explores the concept of the median voter with guest Sam Freedman.

Have £5million guv. It's a present, tax free, no strings attached. Yet again, questions arise over Farage's finances, this time after yet another huge wad makes its way from a crypto billionaire into Nigel's orbit – actually straight into his wallet, according to Farage himself. Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell ask wtf is going on with right wing political funding in particular, and the rules around political funding in general. Plus, they are joined by Substack supremo and QR fave Sam Freedman for a deep dive into the mysterious world of the 'median' voter. What do we actually know about the millions of voters in the political centre ground? Well, a bit more thanks to Sam's spade-work. All that plus woke pub etiquette and a must-visit restaurant... ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** • Sam's Substack ⁠is consistently ace⁠ • Support ⁠Byline Times⁠ • ⁠130 Primrose⁠, the new restaurant with a caring twist • We have put together a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BLUESKY STARTER PACK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting…

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Hosts: Naomi Smith, Kenny Campbell

Guest: Sam Freedman

Topics covered

• political funding
• right wing politics
• voter behavior
• median voter
• crypto funding

Keywords

• Farage
• political funding
• crypto billionaire
• median voter
• right wing politics

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Organizations: Substack, Byline Times

Places: 130 Primrose

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