Farage’s Wild Week: Energy bill stunts and questionable Cameo videos

Farage’s Wild Week: Energy bill stunts and questionable Cameo videos

Author: Pod Save the UK March 19, 2026 Duration: 58:07

Reform UK is getting into the lottery business - inviting people to sign up for a chance to have their energy bills paid for a year. But is the real prize a massive database of voters ahead of the next General Election? 

Plus - party leader Nigel Farage has been caught saying some pretty questionable stuff for money on Cameo. Is that really the kind of thing we should expect from someone who plans to be our next Prime Minister?

Nish and Coco are joined by authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. Their new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed looks at the billionaire manbaby in a whole new way. If you want to understand what’s driving Musk and what it could mean for all of us - this is the chat for you.

And POLITICO’s Anne McElvoy is on hand as the former Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner pops up to point out all the ways Labour is getting it wrong at the moment - subtext: without her they’re lost.

Reminder to send in your burning questions for Nish and Coco to psuk@reducedlistening.co.uk

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GUESTS 

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, Authors. Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Out on March 24th

Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor, POLITICO and co-host Politics at Sam and Anne’s

USEFUL LINKS

The Podcast Show - https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/explore-passes

Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/477340/muskism-by-tarnoff-quinn-slobodian-and-ben/9780241805114

CREDITS

The Guardian - YouTube
The Independent - YouTube
Reform UK - YouTube
Today in Focus - The Guardian

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