Tom Slater

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895 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4d ago

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TRIGGERnometry · Reform Donations Scandal and War with Argentina? - Off the Fence · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

And in that environment, you've got to be as cautious and as squeaky clean as you possibly can be.

You certainly can't invite this kind of thing.

And also just sort of you know, whilst the the full details are yet to come out, it you do wonder whether kind of the the basics of due diligence would have avoided this kind of story from ever taking place.

So as ever I think it's

as ever with stories like this, there's a lot that we don't know, there's a lot that we'll still find out.

There may well be a there there, but whether or not it is the totalizing, this proves they're rotten to the core, that is something that I think we need to deal with a

to take with a huge amount of scepticism because I think we've seen that story play out over and over again and it's often not in proportion to the scales of the allegations that have been levelled at them.

Just to tack onto that, because I think it's so clear now that this is essentially one of the sort of weapons in the toolkit to try and do with scandal what the establishment has failed to do electorally or via kind of conventional means, which again is not to suggest that this, you know, that the press should go easy on reform by any stretch of the imagination, that they shouldn't be subjected to scrutiny.

But in the in the middle of a kind of medium maelstrom, it's very easy for a narrative

To set hold when the plain facts might not support the level of scandal which is being discussed.

Like as you were saying there, Winston, like the again, the kind of finding of kind of neat ways in order to make sure that a poll can be paid for.

It's the sort of thing which might look a bit grubby, might smell a certain way.

But at the same time, in the grand scheme of things, is not the kind of image of corruption which is being presented as.

That said, it's not to say that it's still kind of.

Can't do damage.

That's the unfortunate kind of power of the media in these sorts of situations.

And also the fact that this could have led to immediately just that that those resignations, whether or not they're permanent, is a question that we have to wait for.

The thing I would add is that whilst of course James War's slightly more recent recruit to the party and has become very central, as you say, Winston, in terms of building out the policy offer, the kind of philosophy of the party, what have you, Dan Jukes has been b basically by far.

For more than 10 years, and is someone who everyone was particularly surprised to have seen.

stepping down in the manner that he had, and Farrell's then going on LBC this morning and referring to both Dukes and Orr as contractors of the party.

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