Peter Geoghegan
Investigative Journalist at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
Investigative journalist @OCCRP. Best-selling author. Ex: @FerretScot, @openDemocracy + more Subscribe to my newsletter: https://t.co/sUZavzi98B
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1 week ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Peter Geoghegan |Nicola Kelly
Before we get to today’s piece, I wanted to tell you about an exclusive event for Democracy for Sale subscribers. On Thursday May 1 at 6pm UK time, I will be live in conversation with journalist about her acclaimed new book ‘Anywhere But Here: How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All’.
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2 weeks ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Jenna Corderoy |Peter Geoghegan
By Jenna Corderoy, Peter Geoghegan and Russ ScottReform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s family office was placed on the lucrative ‘VIP lane’ for Covid contracts, Democracy for Sale can reveal. Candy Capital Ltd was referred to the politically connected fast-track system after offering to facilitate connections between the Conservative government and PPE suppliers during the pandemic. The company did not receive any Covid contracts.
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3 weeks ago |
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Nathalie Tocci |John Bolton |Peter Geoghegan |Emma Haslett
Should Europe break free from the US? Nathalie Tocci and John Bolton present their arguments. Peter Geoghegan reveals Reform’s backers and Emma Haslett reports on Maga’s IVF obsession. Plus, our critics cover Spotify, Andrea Dworkin & Lennon and McCartney
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3 weeks ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Peter Geoghegan
Here at Democracy for Sale, we often report on how London’s law courts are weaponised by the wealthy and powerful to intimidate journalists, bury inconvenient truths, and keep corruption out of the headlines. Last week, the Solicitors Regulation Authority was accused of “shirking responsibility” on Slapps (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) - after it decided not to take action against the London law firm that helped a sanctioned Russian warlord sue Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins.
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3 weeks ago |
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Peter Geoghegan
In late January, Nigel Farage stood in front of a packed Reform party fundraiser in Oswald’s, an exclusive private members’ club in Mayfair, central London. Farage encouraged the 100-strong crowd to dig deep as Reform prepared for the party’s biggest test so far: May’s local elections. “If you give us the ammunition we will do incredibly well,” Farage said. He ended his speech with a rendition of the Village People’s “YMCA”, which Donald Trump has appropriated as his victory anthem.
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