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Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social |
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Investigative journalist, OCCRP. Author of best-selling Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics. Irish.
Follow me on Substack: democracyforsale.substack.com/
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Peter Geoghegan
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Oh wow the #DemocracyForSale crowdfunder has raised almost £7k in just three days!!!
Can you help me break more important stories about dark money and hidden influence in our politics?
If you can, you can back us here gofundme.com/f/democracyf... #ge24 Please share! Thanks!
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴REVEALED: Richard Tice has used two companies to channel more than £2 million into Reform over the last 4 years
Like Jeremy Hunt, Tice seems to be using his own money to bankroll his political career - is this how our democracy should work?
New by me democracyforsale.substack.com/p/richard-ti...
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Ian Fraser
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Liz Truss’s sinister new movement, the Pop Cons, have started splashing their dark money. By @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴Rishi Sunak's knighthood for Mohamed Mansour shows one thing: British democracy is for sale
New by me on how Britain's political system is rotten - and how we can change it
Do subscribe to the 'Democracy for Sale' newsletter to help: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/british-de...
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Peter Geoghegan
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thanks!
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Peter Geoghegan
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Great to talk about dark money and influence in British politics with @snellarthur.bsky.social 's Behind the Lines podcast.
Listen to the full show: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Peter Geoghegan
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🚨 The Frank Hester scandal is a textbook example of how big money is corrupting British politics.
It doesn't have to be like this - but will any political leader face down the vested interests and change this rotten system?
New by me:
t.co/7kAbEEsEXe
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Arthur Snell
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Is our democracy for sale? I spoke to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social for the latest episode of #BehindtheLines podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Thanks Andrew, very interesting
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Peter Geoghegan
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Which UK government minister told KPMG in a private meeting that he "wanted to be the window into Whitehall" for the firm?
Find out in the latest edition of Democracy for Sale 🧐
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Really chuffed that my Democracy for Sale newsletter has now broken the 5,000 subscriber barrier. 🎉
When I started - last July - I really didn’t where it would go. Now thousands subscribe, and hundreds pay it.
democracyforsale.substack.com
Huge thanks to everyone it - so much more to come. 🧐
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Peter Geoghegan
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Really chuffed that my Democracy for Sale newsletter has now broken the 5,000 subscriber barrier. 🎉
When I started - last July - I really didn’t where it would go. Now thousands subscribe, and hundreds pay it.
democracyforsale.substack.com
Huge thanks to everyone it - so much more to come. 🧐
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Peter Geoghegan
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That’s a very good question. Will take a look
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴TaxPayers’ Alliance - based at Tufton Street - refuses to name its donors
But has *huge* media reach
TPA was mentioned more than *three times a day* in British newspapers in last year
This analysis comes from latest Democracy for Sale newsletter.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/anti-trade...
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴REVEALED
New anti-trade union law lifted straight from Tufton Street
‘Check off’ law based almost entirely on TaxPayer’s Alliance report Government admits data ‘out of date’ and accuracy ‘unknown’
But still went ahead
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/anti-trade...
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴In 2020 Tory MP David Morris broke parliamentary rules on paid lobbying over his advocacy for Russian-owned firm Aquind Ltd
Guess who Morris has now taken £10k from?
Yep, Aquind Ltd... bringing company and directors donations to £1.5m+
My latest:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/rule-break...
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴SCOOP: Government’s golden visa “cover up”
Thousands of rich Russians bought British visas-including 10 sanctioned oligarchs
But Gov’t refuses to publish ‘golden visa’ review it commissioned *6 years ago*
“Scandalous” says Bill Browder
New by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/government...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Is this a 70s Hollywood thing? Love the Conversation and the French connection but both are *really* hard to hear!
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴SCOOP: Government’s golden visa “cover up”
Thousands of rich Russians bought British visas-including 10 sanctioned oligarchs
But Gov’t refuses to publish ‘golden visa’ review it commissioned *6 years ago*
“Scandalous” says Bill Browder
New by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/government...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Really important story about how UK enabled Russian oligarchs and kleptocrats dropping on my Democracy for Sale newsletter shortly 🧐
Sign up to get it straight to your inbox
democracyforsale.substack.com
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Timothy Snyder
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What Putin did to Navalny is what Trump says he can do to you.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Am on James O'Brien on LBC shortly talking about the dark money behind Liz Truss's Popular Conservatives and the latest scoops on my Democracy for Sale newsletter
To get all the stories first.... 😜 democracyforsale.substack.com
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Peter Geoghegan
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Proper thriller at Leyton Orient this evening. 4-3 vs Northampton with a winner seven mins into injury. Classic
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Andrew Male
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With great sadness I must announce that the Frank Auerbach exhibition at the Courtauld is magnificent meaning that I cannot make my “Never getting that Auerbach” joke.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
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The feedback from my first job interview in London was that the interviewers didn't take me seriously because I kept saying their office was the "tallest building I'd ever been in". Apparently I said this repeatedly, like an awestruck Irish peasant with a pig under his arm.
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Peter Geoghegan
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This week Liz Truss's 'Popular Conservatives' railed against 'Davos man'. Guess where Truss was given free ski passes, ski guides, and dinner last month? Yep, Davos....
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴Meet the dark money fuelling Liz Truss and the PopCons
Tufton Street think tankers funded by US climate deniers, Brexit donors, the owners of GB News and more are all piling in behind the Tory radical right
New on my Substack:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/liz-trusss...
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Peter Geoghegan
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🚨 A Tory trade minister promised Rishi Sunak’s wife’s family firm - which has already been awarded £66million in government contracts - that he would “do what he could” to help them grow UK business
New on Substack (and front page of Sunday Mirror 😀)
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-minis...
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Peter Geoghegan
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thanks Tom! Fixed now. If I can keep growing the Substack hopefully I can bring in a subeditor!
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Annie Leymarie
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From 1954:
"The possible consequences of a changing concentration of the CO2 in the atmosphere with reference to climate ... may ultimately prove of considerable significance to civilization"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Is it accurate for news reports to describe someone who lost their deposit in both London mayoral and Uxbridge by-elections as 'a politician'? Asking for Laurence Fox
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴SUNAK SCOOP:
Rishi Sunak's wife owns a £610m stake in Infosys
The IT firm has been given £47m in public contracts since 2020
Now Infosys has, with other firms, been put on govt contract frameworks worth £750MILLION+.
New on my newsletter:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/sunak-fami...
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Peter Geoghegan
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*Really* revealing interview Heritage Foundation boss Kevin Roberts in New York Times. Full authoritarian fig leaf.
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/m...
Worth remembering Roberts spoke at 'NatCon' London and Heritage is v close to a lot of Tufton Street...
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Julia Carrie Wong
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oh so the NYT actually underplayed how obscene it was forward.com/opinion/5769...
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Julia Carrie Wong
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This is obscene. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/w...
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Spotlight on Corruption
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👏Good to see @petergeoghegan.bsky.social focusing attention back on the UK government’s lamentable failure to appoint an #AntiCorruptionChampion more than 18 months after the last one resigned.
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴Rishi Sunak promised to bring 'integrity' back
Instead he's failed even to appoint an anti-corruption tsar to replace John Penrose - who resigned *in June 2022*
Meanwhile PPE scandals rage, Britain is at lowest ranking in global corruption indexes, etc.
My latest scoop:
t.co/kJVHUSYHn8
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴Post Office scoop
Ex Fujitsu chief and Tory donor Simon Blagden sits on UK health agency board
But he has not declared that he owns a lobbying firm whose clients win NHS and other public contracts
MP calls for independent inquiry
New on my newsletter
t.co/7E8LlArlOL
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Peter Geoghegan
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I've written the cover feature of this week's Times Literary Supplement, a 3,000 word piece on the shifting politics of Net Zero in the UK - and the rise of the climate sceptic Right.
Really pleased to have had the time and space to write this one.
Full piece is here: lnkd.in/dctfyV-5
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Dan Neidle
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Are you bored? Would you like to play with an interactive map showing all the 38,590 overseas entities holding English/Welsh real estate? With clickable thingies that let you identify where someone has unlawfully hidden their ownership...
www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/01/16/o...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Hi Brian, this might be of interest democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-need-to... (when I was sick your comments in the Irish Times were really helpful btw)
From a former student of yours at NUIG!
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Peter Geoghegan
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Haha yes a tried and trusted irish tradition - but rarely lasts a decade after the coalition!
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Peter Geoghegan
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Kinda fascinating how Ed Davey has become the face of the Post Office scandal. Definitely seems like he has questions to answer but more than the governing party of the last 13+ years??
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Dublin Inquirer
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We're looking to hire a new editor for Dublin Inquirer. If you’d love to lead our small team of journalists in producing original, high-quality, thoughtful journalism about Dublin, we’re now taking applications. dublininquirer.com/2...
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Peter Geoghegan
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Watching Three Days of the Condor for the umpteenth time. Cast iron classic
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Peter Geoghegan
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Gah! The former. I could definitely use a newsletter sub editor - hopefully if enough people sign up can afford one!
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴 Latest on Post Office scoop
Simon Blagden, a Tory donor and ex-Fujitsu UK chair, had failed to declare any interests at government agency he chairs
Then, as if by magic, he now has.
But his entry doesn't mention any of his political donations.
By me:
t.co/VgYcHR67XO
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Peter Geoghegan
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🔴Yesterday I reported that Tory donor and ex-Fujitsu UK bod Simon Blagden had failed to declare any interests at government agency he chairs
Then, as if by magic, he now has
But his entry doesn't mention any political donations
New in my newsletter: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/horizon-fu...
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Spotlight on Corruption
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Our Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social was quoted in @petergeoghegan.bsky.social's latest scoop ⬇️.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Blagden made no declarations in BDUK's register of interests - despite owning a lobbying company that had made political donations.
I queried this.
Seven hours later was told register had magically been updated “to avoid any perception of conflicts”.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-donor...
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