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Peter Geoghegan

@petergeoghegan.bsky.social wrld.org
Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
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Peter Geoghegan 1d

‘Plans to turn British Library’s science and social sciences reading rooms into pay-to-use co-working spaces have divided those who use the space’ As a regular BL user, gonna say this hasn’t ‘divided’ anyone. It’s an awful idea that shouldn’t come to pass But that it’s even mooted speaks volumes

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Peter Geoghegan 2d

🔴 Later today Danny Kruger MP is giving a speech about Reform's preparation for government at Policy Exchange. Policy Exchange won’t say who funds it. But we’ve found donations to its US fundraising arm jumped 74% last year And that's not all.... 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/new-us-fun...

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NEW: US funding for ‘Tufton Street’ think tanks up 29%
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Peter Geoghegan 4d

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: After a *five-year* legal battle, Democracy for Sale has forced the government to reveal who referred firms to lucrative Covid PPE ‘VIP lane’ for 'politically connected' 30+ senior Tories are named, plus ex Duchess of York, and many more 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-m...

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Revealed: More than 30 senior Tories named in new Covid PPE ‘VIP lane’ records
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Peter Geoghegan 1w

First Serbia, and now an even more seismic election result for the geopolitics of now. Hard to overstate how important Brazil bucking the far right trend in Latin America is - also a huge blow to Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro
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Peter Geoghegan 1w

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

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Peter Geoghegan 1w

Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

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Peter Geoghegan 2w

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

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Revealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billions
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Peter Geoghegan 2w

Still get a kick out of being in print Great to see our story, on gambling firm closely linked to Reform’s George Cottrell using fake documents to get a licence, in today’s @thetimes.com with @coramazov.bsky.social @georgegreenwood.bsky.social

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Peter Geoghegan 2w

A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked. Major coop w/ @coramazov.bsky.social and @georgegreenwood.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/gambling-s...

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Gambling site linked to George Cottrell ‘used fake document to get licence’
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Peter Geoghegan 2w

Paris riots are just the start of war on the West The Times has lost its mind www.thetimes.com/article/63f2...

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Peter Geoghegan 2w

When did the BBC description of Tommy Robinson change from ‘far right activist’ to ‘political activist’? Because that’s how he’s described on Radio 4 now

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Peter Geoghegan 2w

This right here is the power of Elon Musk to completely warp politics without *giving a penny* as a political donation Without X, Lowe would be a no hoper independent MP Instead he’s spreading ethnic cleansing chat to normies. Wild

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Peter Geoghegan 3w

Crypto has bought US politics - and now it's doing the same in the UK As Reform takes £100m+ from crypto tycoons, I sat down with Hollywood's most vocal sceptic @benmckenzie.bsky.social to talk crypto, corruption and how to fight back democracyforsale.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...

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Peter Geoghegan 3w

Trump really is 💯 Russia’s man. Always was www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Peter Geoghegan 3w

There’s a few pages on Russian interference during Brexit referendum in my last book. A couple of reviewers singled them out as major flaws in the book (ie that I was wrong) What was obvious then is now being publicly stated now. Long overdue. Now needs proper investigation

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