Meet George | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.1
7/4/202625 min
Who is George Swinfen Cottrell, aka Posh George? Booted out of his expensive boarding school after gambling in 2010, he comes of age in London’s Mayfair district, learning the tricks of his trade in international finance, private banking, and offshore structures.
George is soon drawn into the orbit of UKIP leader, Nigel Farage.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host: Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more: Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, George Greenwood & Emanuele Midolo
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First 90 secondsDonald Trump· Soundbite0:01
Friends, delegates, and fellow Americans.
Gabriel Pogrund· Host0:06
It's July 2016. I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. Donald Trump is on stage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:25
Together we will lead our party back to the White House.
Gabriel Pogrund· Host0:28
And listening in the crowd is a friend, Nigel Farage.
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:32
And we will make America great again.
Gabriel Pogrund· Host0:36
The great disruptor of British politics. Like Trump, he's riding high. Farage has just pulled off the great coup of his career, playing a pivotal, he would say, the decisive role in the greatest upset in recent political history, Brexit.
Speaker 30:56
Let June the 23rd go down in our history as our Independence Day. And look who just joined us.
Speaker 41:05
The British politician Nigel Farage, the guy who is credited with having the UK exit the EU.
Gabriel Pogrund· Host1:13
The American TV networks all want a piece of Farage.
Speaker 31:17
One of the things that happened was that London, a professional political class living in London, kind of had lost touch.
Gabriel Pogrund· Host1:24
The