60: SELLING BRITAIN BY THE POUND: Shorting sterling, blowing out business

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 June 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This week on the anti-Brexit podcast for people who actually KNOW how to rebel… the Greens’ Brexit and Finance spokesperson MOLLY SCOTT CATO MEP joins us to dig into the scandal of the Leavers short-selling sterling. Did hedge funds illegally use private polling to profit from weakening the pound on Referendum Day? And where does Nigel Farage fit in? PLUS: Because you demanded it, we welcome political commentator, actor and our favourite Greek guy ALEX ANDREOU as a regular Remainiacs team member. He joins Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison to discuss the Tories’ new anti-business business policy, what “settled status” for EU citizens really means… and is the EU really going to outlaw memes? _DRAMATIC CHIPMUNK FACE! _ Then Ros has to dart out early before the end of the show. That’s why she’s not in the pic with Molly, Alex and Andrew. But don’t worry, she’ll be back soon. This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor and Alex Andreou. Audio production: Jack Claramunt. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production. Help us to #OwnTheRemoan! Back the show in its battle to get some sense back into the Brexit debate and get smart Remainiacs merchandise too, at our Patreon page – http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast http://www.REMAINIACS.com Theme music ‘Demon Is A Monster’ used by kind permission of Cornershop. Buy it here: http://po.st/RMcrnsp See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are the papers driving you up the wall? Same here.
0:03.4	I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm here to let you know about our new podcast PaperCuts.
0:07.9	It's the modern newspaper review where we look at the biggest stories from party gate to psychosegles,
0:13.7	from Boris to Trump to Megan and Harry and find out what's really going on behind the headlines.
0:19.7	That's PaperCuts, out lunchtime every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with me Miranda Sawyer.
0:25.1	Subscribe on your favourite podcast app.
0:27.7	PaperCuts, we read the papers so you don't have to.
0:31.2	Hello, how are your knees? How are the souls of your feet? If, like me, you went on the people's vote march in London last Saturday,
0:59.9	your feet are probably still throbbing, but it was all worth it for a fantastic day that was exactly what we all needed after the disappointment of the flage rebellion over the withdrawal bill.
1:08.2	The quality banners, down the bog with Jake Riesmog was a personal favourite.
1:12.2	Remainy XT shirts were seen and there was a real sense of something big happening.
1:16.2	We're going to have a bit of the march for you a bit later in the show so that you can bask in it, like replays of Glastonbury or highlights of England versus Panama.
1:22.2	I'm Andrew Harrison, I'm your host for this week and here with me, I have Ross Taylor, research manager of the LSE's Truth Trust and Technology Commission,
1:29.6	here in a personal capacity as usual. Hello Ross, how are you doing?
1:32.6	Well, thank you.
1:33.6	You've got a bit of the marching, didn't you? You've got some marching done.
1:36.7	I did, I did half of it for various complex reasons plus I had two kids with me.
1:41.1	But it was great. It was a lovely atmosphere and there was a fantastic sense of solidarity.
1:45.9	When I came out of the tube at Charing Cross and looked to happen, there were always just, it seemed like, miles of banners.
1:51.7	I realised, you know, this must be how you feel when you're a football fan and you tell a stadium.
1:56.7	It was just very exciting and I saw a great banner which was,
2:01.3	Shropshire against Brexit and you know, it's weird how when you see something like that
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