Peter Geoghegan
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Irishman in London.
‘Let’s discourage people from putting money in their pension’ 🤯🤯🤯
There’s really strong case for getting rid of higher rate tax relief on pension contributions. But doing this is bananas
There’s really strong case for getting rid of higher rate tax relief on pension contributions. But doing this is bananas
Genuinely how is this *not* breaking the promise on not raising national insurance? Someone who puts £150 a month into their pension pot is going to have to pay national insurance on it! (I.e. anyone on 50k with a decent workplace pension)
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
‘Let’s discourage people from putting money in their pension’ 🤯🤯🤯
There’s really strong case for getting rid of higher rate tax relief on pension contributions. But doing this is bananas
There’s really strong case for getting rid of higher rate tax relief on pension contributions. But doing this is bananas
Although unlike last time saw MBV in Barras in Glasgow c 15 years ago, this time You Made Me Realise was 10 mins long rather than a 35 mins long wall of sound 😬
My Bloody Valentine at Wembley.
So good, so loud. And so great to see some many younger folk going wild for it
So good, so loud. And so great to see some many younger folk going wild for it
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Although unlike last time saw MBV in Barras in Glasgow c 15 years ago, this time You Made Me Realise was 10 mins long rather than a 35 mins long wall of sound 😬
My Bloody Valentine at Wembley.
So good, so loud. And so great to see some many younger folk going wild for it
So good, so loud. And so great to see some many younger folk going wild for it
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My Bloody Valentine at Wembley.
So good, so loud. And so great to see some many younger folk going wild for it
So good, so loud. And so great to see some many younger folk going wild for it
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The BBC makes itself *extremely* hard to love with this stuff. I’ve worked in more than one small newsroom that’s discovered to its immense frustration that the country’s biggest news org has stolen its work with no credit whatsoever.
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The BBC makes itself *extremely* hard to love with this stuff. I’ve worked in more than one small newsroom that’s discovered to its immense frustration that the country’s biggest news org has stolen its work with no credit whatsoever.
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
NEW: Lord Dannatt and Lord David Evans of Watford face suspension of 4mo/5mo respectively from the House of Lords after a parliamentary watchdog ruled they had broken lobbying rules. Reports from the conduct committee follows Guardian investigations into the peers.
w/ @robevansgdn.bsky.social
w/ @robevansgdn.bsky.social
Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules
Lord Dannatt and Lord Evans of Watford were filmed breaking rules in undercover footage recorded by Guardian
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Night market Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian has the most amazing food of anywhere think I’ve been. Proper fusion heaven
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Night market Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian has the most amazing food of anywhere think I’ve been. Proper fusion heaven
Foreign influence in British politics is real
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Foreign influence in British politics is real
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
And it requires serious changes in our electoral law - as I told Parliament last week
Will this now happen?
youtu.be/wBTUjm5fx8A?...
No idea why but I’ve now got a blue tick on here. I am who I say I am! Yay!
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
No idea why but I’ve now got a blue tick on here. I am who I say I am! Yay!
Yay am in Kuala Lumpur for Global Investigative Journalism Network ‘s annual conference. (That’s the Petronas Towers peaking through on the right).
Going to be fascinating few days with investigative colleagues from around the world. 😊 If you’re going, do shout!
Going to be fascinating few days with investigative colleagues from around the world. 😊 If you’re going, do shout!
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Yay am in Kuala Lumpur for Global Investigative Journalism Network ‘s annual conference. (That’s the Petronas Towers peaking through on the right).
Going to be fascinating few days with investigative colleagues from around the world. 😊 If you’re going, do shout!
Going to be fascinating few days with investigative colleagues from around the world. 😊 If you’re going, do shout!
And the man who brought you that is favourite to win the next election 🤯
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And the man who brought you that is favourite to win the next election 🤯
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Yet more revelations about 'Prince' Andrew and Epstein
Would recommend my recent conversation with historian Andrew Lownie on this, and the entire story of Andrew and its cover-up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
Would recommend my recent conversation with historian Andrew Lownie on this, and the entire story of Andrew and its cover-up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
Andrew Lownie: The Prince Andrew Cover Up - How Royal Files Are Hidden From Public
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yet more revelations about 'Prince' Andrew and Epstein
Would recommend my recent conversation with historian Andrew Lownie on this, and the entire story of Andrew and its cover-up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
Would recommend my recent conversation with historian Andrew Lownie on this, and the entire story of Andrew and its cover-up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
Starmer forced to apologise for giving public job to donor
If this was the Tories, Labour would be jumping up and down about this…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If this was the Tories, Labour would be jumping up and down about this…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer expresses ‘sincere regret’ over appointment of Labour donor to football watchdog
Prime minister apologises for rubber-stamping decision to make David Kogan head of regulator
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Starmer forced to apologise for giving public job to donor
If this was the Tories, Labour would be jumping up and down about this…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If this was the Tories, Labour would be jumping up and down about this…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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You can watch here, live from 14.20
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
Women and Equalities Committee
parliamentlive.tv
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You can watch here, live from 14.20
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Arriving in Westminster to give evidence to the women and equalities select committee about foreign influence in UK politics - particularly from the US
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Arriving in Westminster to give evidence to the women and equalities select committee about foreign influence in UK politics - particularly from the US
Barely mentioned but that now notorious Trump Panorama *wasn’t made by the BBC*
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Barely mentioned but that now notorious Trump Panorama *wasn’t made by the BBC*
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
Reposted by Peter Geoghegan
We will examine attitudes towards immigration in a public hearing for our inquiry into community cohesion.
Watch at 2.20pm on 12 November, with:
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social | @britishfuture.bsky.social | @hopenothate.org.uk
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/24864/...
Watch at 2.20pm on 12 November, with:
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social | @britishfuture.bsky.social | @hopenothate.org.uk
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/24864/...
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We will examine attitudes towards immigration in a public hearing for our inquiry into community cohesion.
Watch at 2.20pm on 12 November, with:
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social | @britishfuture.bsky.social | @hopenothate.org.uk
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/24864/...
Watch at 2.20pm on 12 November, with:
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social | @britishfuture.bsky.social | @hopenothate.org.uk
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/24864/...
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda