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Democracy for Sale

A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy

Newsletter · By Peter Geoghegan · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 30, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Tony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questions (opens the original)

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    “You are clearly driven by a partisan anti-TBI agenda, using TBI as clickbait to support your own business model. We will not be engaging with you any further on this.”Above is how the Tony Blair Institute responded when we put new questions to it this week.Last week, Democracy for Sale and Lighthouse Reports revealed that Blair’s think tank charges companies from $25,000 a year for a corporate network offering “netw

  2. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access” (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8AO-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44f772e8-a980-493e-8947-47ddbdcfb2d5_6000x4000.j

  3. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6WON!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe63045d6-2bec-420b-a6bb-e070025da330_5472x3648.j

  5. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    How to stop billionaires buying our politics (opens the original)

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