SHOW 108 - Darren Grimes

Matt Forde's Political Party

The Political Party

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4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Darren Grimes is a Eurosceptic campaigner who tells Matt the harrowing inside story of how he came to be fined £20,000 by the Electoral Commission and how he had the verdict overturned on appeal. In one of the most fascinating episodes of The Political Party, Darren explains his journey from the Lib Dems to the Conservatives and the story of his rise to prominence so early in his 20s. Follow Darren on Twitter here: @darrengrimes_ Follow Matt on Twitter here: @mattforde Get tickets for the London performances of 'Brexit, Pursued by a Bear' here: www.mattforde.com/live

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Political Party podcast. This episode features Darren Grimes, Darren
0:18.1	set up the Belive campaign during the 2016 EU referendum for which part of which he
0:24.4	was going to be fined £20,000 by the Electoral Commission. That decision was later appealed
0:30.9	and overturned in a court. Now you may well have heard part or indeed a lot of that story.
0:37.6	I guarantee you won't have heard some of the things that Darren mentions on this podcast
0:42.1	about, not just that but about so many other things. This was, I think it's, I'm right
0:47.7	in terms of the longest episodes we've recorded, but do not let that put you off. This absolutely
0:53.3	flew by and there's so much of it. All of it I just was completely riveted by from
0:58.3	start to finish. He's a fascinating bloke. So enjoy it. You can email the show, don't
1:04.4	forget political party podcast at gmail.com and thank you for all your lovely messages
1:09.3	about Brexit pursued by a bear. I'm delighted that I'm going to be doing some London dates
1:13.0	on the 6th of October at the Pasell Rooms at the South Bank Centre and on the 12th of October
1:17.9	at King's Place in North London. Tickets are on sale now. You can get them from mapford.com.
1:23.4	Slash live. I will now leave you in the hands of Darren Grimes.
1:34.3	I'm delighted today to be joined by Darren Grimes, former deputy editor of Brexit Central
1:38.3	and their digital manager at the Institute for Economic Affairs. Darren, welcome to the
1:42.0	show. Cheers, Pa.
1:42.8	It's a pleasure to have you here. When you think about the modern political world and how
1:48.0	rapidly things have changed in the last three or four years, you are one of the most prominent
1:51.8	new voices in the political sphere. You're sort of grimacing slightly.
1:57.8	It's like how you think of yourself to be a bit more. No, not at all.
2:01.3	No, at all. Yeah, quite the opposite. I'm not sure your average Joe on the street would
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