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The curious case of Britain’s nightlife lobbyist-in-chief
Dr Michael Kill says he’s a UN rep, a university dean and that his lobby group represents major music industry players. But the facts — and the…
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Peter Geoghegan
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Trump's rolling revolution, with Anne Applebaum
A conversation with Autocracy Inc author on Trump, LA, and how we can resist the global authoritarian playbook
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Reform UK promised huge donations - where are they?
Farage’s party is still reliant on cash from Richard Tice and familiar names
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Revealed: “Shocking” scale of Big Tech’s influence over Labour
Science and technology secretary Peter Kyle asked Google boss to “sense check” AI policy and told Amazon he’d “advocate” for them to competition…
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Lucas Amin
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Peter Geoghegan
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The US Right Is Coming for the UK—With Crypto in Hand
Nigel Farage, Peter Thiel and how authoritarian tech fantasies are becoming political reality, with Amy Westervelt
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May 2025

US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines
Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending…
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Peter Geoghegan
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UK government withholding details of Palantir contract
KPMG is being paid £8 million to promote Peter Thiel’s tech in NHS hospitals – but we’re being forced to fight for information about this public…
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Lucas Amin
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Peter Geoghegan
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“This is what Elon wanted”: the Billionaire blueprint for capturing the state
Professor Liz David-Barrett dissects the Musk-Trump-Thiel triangle, Hungary’s Orbán and how state capture can be reversed.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Starmer’s Big Tech lobbying problem
Palantir is not just selling software—it’s selling a model of governance where corporate power replaces public control, writes Foxglove's Rosa Curling.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Who Funds Reform?
A wide ranging conversation with Seth Thevoz about Farage's donors, dark money and how to clean up British politics.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Palantir's NHS data platform rejected by most hospitals
US spy tech firm's £330million software isn't much cop, experts say
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Lucas Amin
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Peter Geoghegan
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US-UK trade deal: the long, secretive back story
British government has spent £227,000 fighting transparency on details of Trump trade deals
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Peter Geoghegan
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