Archive - Democracy for Sale

Let’s kick big money out of politics

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Jul 26 •

Peter Geoghegan

How London became the world’s kleptocracy capital

I spoke to the authors of an important new book about Britain’s complicity in global corruption —from offshore havens to Westminster itself.

Jul 23 •

Peter Geoghegan

Revealed: top UK firms are bankrolling Trump’s election deniers

“British companies who contribute to American insurrectionists are committing acts of self-harm.”

Jul 19 •

Peter Geoghegan

How to secretly pour £60m into British politics

Exposed: The loophole that AfD-linked billionaires, hard Brexiteers and other anonymous donors use to bankroll politicians

Jul 15 •

Peter Geoghegan

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Britain’s Far Right is going mainstream

Harry Shukman went undercover inside Britain’s far right. What he found is terrifying—and increasingly part of our politics

Jul 12 •

Peter Geoghegan

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Lammy appointed Labour donor to plum foreign office role

Exclusive: Karen Blackett donated £5,000 to foreign secretary’s office last year. Now she’s been given a paid role as a non-executive director in his…

Jul 9 •

Peter Geoghegan

Starmer has broken his promise to end sleaze

After a year in power, Labour’s listlessness on corruption risks eroding democracy further

Jul 4 •

Peter Geoghegan

June 2025

What happens when Silicon Valley runs the state?

Palantir, tech billionaires and why MAGA might spell with the death knell for America's empire, with Laleh Khalili.

Jun 28 •

Peter Geoghegan

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Uncovered: How UK police are hiding their Palantir work

Civil liberties campaigners lodge formal complaint over secretive policing unit instructing forces to withhold information about US spy tech firm

Jun 26 •

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Peter Geoghegan

Disgraced Tory says banning MPs' second jobs would harm democracy

Plus: Why young men being drawn to the far-right, and peer complains to House of Lords about Britain’s “political influence bazaar”.

Jun 21 •

Peter Geoghegan

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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…

Jun 18 •

Peter Geoghegan

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

Jun 12 •

Peter Geoghegan

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