Peter Geoghegan
Investigative Journalist at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
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3 weeks ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Lucas Amin |Peter Geoghegan
The data held by the NHS is often said to be among the world’s most valuable. Where else would you find detailed health records for more than 65 million people? So when the Conservative government awarded US spy tech firm Palantir a £330 million contract in 2023 to build a new NHS data platform, the backlash was immediate—centring on concerns over privacy and ethics.
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1 month ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Peter Geoghegan
By Nick DeardenThis morning’s news headlines have been dominated by one story: the prospect of a trade deal between the US and the UK. Donald Trump is expected to announce the deal from the White House at 3pm British time. Details of the negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy for months: to ‘protect the national interest’, say Keir Starmer’s ministers this morning as they do the media rounds. But even after this afternoon’s big reveal many questions are likely to remain.
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1 month ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Peter Geoghegan |Lucas Amin
Peter here. British politics right now could be summed up in a single word: ‘Reform’. Nigel Farage’s party had major wins last week. Reform also clearly spent big. I know from talking to journalists that Reform had an unprecedented ground operation ahead of the Runcorn by-election, and was very visible on the streets in many local contests. So who paid for all this? The answer is, we don’t know. During general elections, political donations are published weekly.
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1 month ago |
democracyforsale.substack.com | Peter Geoghegan |Lucas Amin
Dominic Cummings has long been accused of leaking secrets. From Boris Johnson’s expletive-laden text messages to dropping stories about his own manoeuverings —like a recent “secret dinner” with Nigel Farage—he’s rarely stayed quiet.
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1 month 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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🔴 Remember the £330million contract given to Trump donor Peter Thiel's firm Palantir to build an NHS data platform? Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good Scoop on Democracy for Sale https://t.co/UIJwB6uQDy
🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings? It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉 New on Democracy for Sale w/ @LucasAm1n https://t.co/TJeQCZ2UPZ
RT @LRB: How did Paul Marshall go from Lib Dem donor to right-wing media tycoon? On the podcast, @PeterKGeoghegan and Thomas Jones explore…
