The Count of Dodgy Crypto
5/27/202651 min
• Podmasters is 10 years old! Last chance to get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon support. Nigel Farage’s latest defence of his “gift” from a crypto magnate: you wouldn’t know about it if I hadn’t been hacked by pesky Russians! (Although erm I forgot to tell the National Cyber Security Centre). Has he finally pushed his luck too far? Plus, the right-wing press and Reform are busting their guts to paint Andy Burnham as a carpetbagging, conviction-free shapeshifter who’s simultaneously a far-left zealot. Will any of it stick? And why are Rupert Lowe’s ultra-right Restore UK much, much worse than just an amusing problem for Reform? • We pinched the title of this edition from someone called AshWarp – but if you know the real originator, get in touch. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Jason recommends visiting Crossness Pumping Station on the Thames and also the Great Western Railway Museum in Swindon. • Rachel is watching Rivals on Disney+. • James Ball is rewatching How To Get Away With Murder on Channel 4. • Matt recommends Thirst: 12 Drinks That Changed My Life by John Robins. Buy it through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Matt Green with James Ball, Rachel Cunliffe and Jason Hazeley. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Oh God, What Now?, the politics podcast that would never take part in the enhanced games because we don't need drugs to produce great chat. I'm Matt Green. On today's episode, the knives are out for Andy B. Where do the right-wing press and Reform think they can damage Burnham enough for him to lose Makerfield? We've got Reform and Restore. What next? Regret? Could Rupert Lowe's spoiler party, funded by Elon Musk, give Nigel nightmares? And Farage tried to distract from the story of his £5-million gift by claiming his phone was hacked by the Russians, a claim described as without any merit by a former head of the National Cyber Security Centre. Has he finally pushed his luck too far? All that and more on Oh God, What Now?