Quiet Riot15 Jul 2025

How dark money is taking our politics backwards

Alex Andreou and special guest, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, discuss how dark money is "Americanising" our political debate in areas like women's reproductive health - and how Reform UK represents an opportunity for those who wish to subvert our democracy further. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠*** “The US State Department’s substack put out a statement recently saying, effectively, we’re going to meddle into other people’s elections. They were criticising the German government for saying Alternative für Deutschland - some of which has roots in a fascist past - for describing them as extremists.” “The way in which very strong ideas of religiosity, which are not just about personal belief, but are much more about how society should be organised, and which are often - at best - agnostic towards democracy, have become increasingly strengthened.” “Problem is that current proposed electoral law reform is mostly about fighting the last war; tidying up the loopholes that exist. There is nothing about what is coming down the track: dark money flows, crypto, foreign interference, the ability to use AI to make small donations, social media disrupting elections - none of this is being looked at.” CALLS TO ACTION: Subscribe to Peter's substack ⁠⁠Democracy for Sale here⁠⁠. You can buy Peter's book from the Quiet Riot Bookshop here. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠*** With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Sunday School: Andy B's A Busy Bee

• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, is on Thursday – get your tickets ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Andy Burnham's first week in the...

26 Jul 0s

B-SIDE: Farage Unmasked

• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, are selling fast – get yours ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nigel Farage has mired him...

24 Jul 0s

Andy's Hokey-Cokey: Who's in, who's out, and why?

• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Burnham Cabinet has taken shape so it's time...

23 Jul 0s

Head over Healey - QR Economy Special

• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ John Healey's appointment as Chancellor seemed t...

22 Jul 0s

Midnight Mass: Andy's Pitch-In Cabinet

• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ After all the speculation, Andy Burnham has finall...

21 Jul 0s

Sunday School: The mayor the merrier

With ex-mayor Andy Burnham now officially Labour's main man, and London mayor Sadiq Khan heading to the Lords and then who knows where, are we seeing the rise of a new mayoral political class that use...

19 Jul 55min

B-SIDE: The Palantir Files

LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our 30th July London appearance ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠ The tech giant Palantir, and its billionaire Trump-loving co-founder Peter Thiel, has a £330million deal with t...

17 Jul 54min

The Summer of 2026

LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE!⁠⁠⁠ With both British teams now out of the World Cup, can we find anything to be optimistic about in the shenanigans around Ir...

16 Jul 1h 1min