The Capitalist Podcast: Gawain Towler – Farage under fire
Nigel Farage has just resigned his seat to force a by-election in Clacton. The establishment, his allies say, is trying to destroy him. Perhaps – but have they misjudged their target?
Gawain Towler, Reform UK's director of communications from 2019 to 2024 and now a member of the party's governing board, joined CapX editor Marc Sidwell in the immediate aftermath of Farage's dramatic announcement. He argues the campaign against his former boss is misreading both the man and the country.
Towler admits the drip, drip, drip of negative stories – the donations controversy, the billionaire friends…
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