The Week in 60 Minutes: Germany held ransom and Biden's Roe cop out

The Week in 60 Minutes: Germany held ransom and Biden's Roe cop out

Freddy Gray, The Spectator’s deputy editor, speaks to journalist Jamie Bartlett about his new book on the multi-billion dollar crypto-scam of missing businesswoman Ruja Ignatova:

‘The whole thing was a brilliantly designed pyramid scheme with a crypto-currency branding.’

– Jamie Bartlett

On the rest of the show, analyst Wolfgang Münchau and FT chief foreign affairs correspondent Gideon Rachman discuss whether Putin could shut off Germany's gas, The Spectator's economics editor and resident American Kate Andrews breaks down what American legislators can do to protect abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v Wade, journalist Rachel Johnson pays homage to rock's graying stars and from The Spectator’s political team, James Forsyth and Katy Balls discuss the political situation that the Prime Minister returns home to, after an eight-day tour abroad.

00:00 - Welcome from Freddy Gray.
03:00 - Could Putin shut off Germany's gas? With Wolfgang Münchau and Gideon Rachman
19:25 - Politics update with Katy Balls and James Forsyth
28:55 - Can Democrats do more to protect abortion rights? With Kate Andrews
40:15 - The missing cryptoqueen: Jamie Bartlett on a multi-billion dollar crypto-scam
49:50 - Rachel Johnson on music's ageing rockstars

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