Hugo Gye

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247 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 16 Jul

Hugo Gye’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Intelligence from The Economist · In it to bin it: Nigel Farage v Count Binface · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

It is ridiculous, and I think it probably is good and humbling in a very useful way to have.

Have Count Bimface there in this case, really highlighting what a joke it is.

But I have to say, without wanting to be too curmudgeonly, my view is that in our political culture as a whole in Britain, we've maybe erred too much on the light-hearted, too much on the jokes.

There's a long tradition of really taking the Mickey relentlessly out of Britain.

British politics.

And it does have its time and place.

And as I say in this by-election, that's fine.

But I think British politics is in a bad way, Britain's society economy stagnating.

And I think it's good to be able to laugh at ourselves, but actually this is a time when maybe

We should be taking the duties of British politics a bit more seriously.

by all of

right?

Yeah, it's potentially pretty damaging for him.

There have long been questions about the propriety of his personal financial dealings.

To be clear, Nigel Farage thoroughly denies any wrongdoing.

He still stands a realistic chance of being the next Prime Minister.

Reform UK did very well in the local elections in May, and Reform is still the most popular.

Party in the country.

But that said, of course, Labour is about to have a change of leadership.

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham replacing Keir Starmer.

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