Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwypalxwzc2aOh wow 7k people have watched my interview with @migueldelaney.bsky.social since this morning It’s definitely worth a watch! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr-u-jfdQ2RJdo15e6EUB9QPaM37X0Qs-&si=5CCqRu2PhDcoXf24 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwypalxwzc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwyp3vw5s22aVery nice excited to pick this up today (will start once finish Rachel Connolly’s Belfast set Lazy City) Fittingly bought it on local London bookstore run by Belfast folks03 Oct 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyp3vw5s22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwxkkiqin22oLike the Institute of Economic Affairs were running events and writing articles advocating against football regulator last year Wonder who paid for these? 😱 https://iea.org.uk/films/is-a-football-regulator-necessary/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxkkiqin22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwxkd2lubs2o🔴 Manchester City is what happens when the rich and powerful believe money trumps any rules or regulations I've written about club football's biggest ever scandal, and interviewed the brilliant @migueldelaney.bsky.social, for Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/manchester-city-club-footballs-biggest-scandal-uae-sportwashing-miguel-delaney03 Oct 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxkd2lubs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mww2ivlkec2xThe Supplementary Vote is not ‘electoral reform’02 Oct 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww2ivlkec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwtsdlozwk2y ‘If you’ve got £1 million or £2 million to spend on political advertising, forget it,…. If you’ve got £8 million, you can make people believe anything you want.’ I wrote about Britain’s broken political finance system for the latest @lrb.co.uk [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtsdlozwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwtsdlozwk2y ‘If you’ve got £1 million or £2 million to spend on political advertising, forget it,…. If you’ve got £8 million, you can make people believe anything you want.’ I wrote about Britain’s broken political finance system for the latest @lrb.co.uk [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtsdlozwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwssfr24zs2t🔴 Protests against Palantir across England today. In July, we published this deep dive into Palantir, its lobbying in Britain and the myriad problems NHS staff have had with its software. https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a-waste-of-time-inside-palantir-nhs-peter-mandelson01 Oct 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwssfr24zs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwqkdqldlk2u🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said30 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqkdqldlk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwqkdqldlk2u🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said30 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqkdqldlk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwot6hobyc2eSpent the last few hours thinking there must be a Talking Heads/Andy Burnham pun but can’t seem to make it work ‘Burnham down the house’?!29 Sep 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwot6hobyc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwlrsxe6nc2uFirst thing I saw outside Labour conference today, mobile sign calling on Burnham to ditch Palantir…28 Sep 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlrsxe6nc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwlk4padi22sThis is very cool! If you're on Instagram do follow Democracy for Sale there 🎉 Our very first reel is a clip from my interview with the peerless Patrick Radden Keefe! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlk4padi22shttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwjkfmtjd225The online far right conspiracy theorists’ obsession with the Fabians - stoked massively by GB News, Talk TV et al - is one of the weirdest, most disturbing things in British politics right now (and that’s saying something) Like a mini British QAnon Must be awful working for Fabians rn [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjkfmtjd225https://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwihtnw5jc2rSomething very depressing about hearing ‘Drumcree’ at the top of morning news Reminds me of my teenage years when it seemed to be a constant. Now feels like unionism banging the drum - geddit? - while the whole world has changed around them27 Sep 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwihtnw5jc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwggz6th722vLooks like game now going ahead [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwggz6th722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwgacqfdkc2gTalk growing that Ireland’s players will refuse to play Israel https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/gavin-bazunu-tells-irish-squad-he-does-not-want-to-participate-in-games-against-israel/26 Sep 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgacqfdkc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mwelrlmvsk2pA former staff member of Tony Blair Institute said they had serious concerns that this was “very much trading money for access”, but was instructed by a colleague not to describe it that way. ‘They were saying you have to be really careful not to make it seem as if they’re paying money for access’😬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwelrlmvsk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/petergeoghegan.bsky.social/post/3mweekp2z222o🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-tony-blair-institutes-25000-smells-like-cash-for-access-uber-amazon-bp25 Sep 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:aeet2renleuqvyopkfbrgext/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweekp2z222o