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After a Sunday Times investigation revealed Nigel Farage’s links to a convicted fraudster, and with the spectre of a parliamentary standards investigation looming over him, Farage will now put his fate in the hands of his constituents in Clacton in a by-election. But will this gambit work? And what does the Sunday Times journalist who led the investigation think about it?

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Guests:
Gabriel Pogrund, Insight editor, The Sunday Times
Fraser Nelson, columnist, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Harry Stott.
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Read more: Will risky resignation ploy pay off for Nigel Farage?
Further listening: Posh George: the criminal behind Farage
Clips: Reform UK / Youtube, Sky News, BBC.
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NATO is gathering in Turkey for its annual summit, and defence spending, Iran and Ukraine are all on the agenda. But behind the scenes there are warnings that Putin is planning his next attack - on a NATO country. So what might that aggression look like? And is the alliance ready?

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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case and Shabnam Grewal.

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Read more: Putin the agent of chaos revelling in division between US and Europe
Further listening: Defence spending: too little too late?
Clips: France 24, @MaxAfterburnerusa / YouTube, @joeycontinonews / YouTube, TVP Info, BBC, Sky, The Guardian, GB News, Fox News, USA Today, CBC.
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Today, we bring you the first episode of a new series from one of our sister podcasts, The Times Investigates. Posh George: The criminal behind Farage

The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigate how the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage - who could hold the keys to Number 10 - has come to depend upon a crypto evangelist, gambler and fraudster.

Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.

Listen to Episode 2 and the full series right now.

Read more: Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
Watch: Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
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As the United States marks 250 years of modern America, a country founded on freedom, liberty, and justice, for Native Americans, that history reads very differently. After centuries of oppression, survival, and the ongoing reclamation of culture, what does it mean to be Native American today? And why does the question of who has the right to claim that identity remain so deeply contested?

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Guest: Louise Callaghan, senior US correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Read more: Who still counts as Native American in 2026?
Photo: Tailyr Irvine for the Sunday Times Magazine.
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Today America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence. It’s an epic tale of revolution, rebellion and the making of a global superpower. But how did Britain end up fighting, and losing, the war that gave birth to the most powerful nation on earth?

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Read by: Jack Blackburn, history correspondent, The Times.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Read more: How Britain drove America to independence
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