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Peter Geoghegan
Personal blog · democracyforsale.substack.compoliticseconomics
Peter Geoghegan writes Democracy for Sale, a personal blog at democracyforsale.substack.com about politics and economics. Since 2024, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack for its reporting on UK government dealings: the Post Office and Fujitsu whistleblower case, an undeclared interest in the UK's AI policy, and the Alan Turing Institute's funding.
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What Hacker News says?
Seems one of the former senior executives of Fujitsu now runs a gov't agency that handles contracts to digital services vendors like...Fujitsu. Not sure how the legal authorities work in the UK but people have to be held accountable, regardless of political party. One would think the government's legal authorities have to act on behalf of the citizens not just in holding persons criminally responsible but also compe…
Comment linking /p/tory-donor-fujitsu-post-office-horizon-contracts
on “Post Office lied and threatened BBC over Fujitsu dev whistleblower”Submitted Palantir's NHS data platform rejected by most hospitals as a story · 9 points
HN discussionMatt Clifford just wants to hoover up the Turing’s funding for his buddies at Entrepreneur First. The same Matt Clifford whose interests weren’t declared [1] when he wrote the UK’s AI policy. Why clowns in the government let him is beyond my understanding. [1] https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-starmer-ai-...
Comment linking /p/revealed-starmer-ai-advisor-matt-clifford-conflicts-of-interest
on “What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute?”Submitted How foreign billionaires pump millions into British politics as a story · 5 points
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