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550. Will Farage's Extreme Wealth Be His Downfall?

Explore episode Jul 2, 2026

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Brexit: Why No One Will Pin the Damage on Farage

At 49:10 · chapter starts 46:20

Alastair frames the Brexit accountability question as one of the great unsolved puzzles of contemporary British politics: the three architects of Brexit were Cameron, Johnson and Farage; Johnson has privately conceded it hasn't delivered; yet Farage faces almost no electoral cost. Listeners ask why Labour won't use the weight of economic data against him. Cat gives two answers. First, Labour sits on a very shallow majority in many seats held by former Brexit voters, and the party is terrified of upsetting that coalition. Second, the Farage defence works: he campaigned for something, achieved it, and the people who ran it afterwards made a mess — you can't blame him for their failure. Cat adds a vivid detail: in Clacton, no one was talking about Brexit. The issues were small boats, potholes, dog mess, and e-bikes. Alastair concludes it may be more effective to attack Farage's current record as an MP than to relitigate Brexit.

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