


DEMOCRACY FOR SALE
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DEMOCRACY FOR SALE

Democracy for Sale forensically exposes the fault lines in our politics, and reveals how they have been exploited by the rich and the powerful to further their own interests. If you’re concerned about the health of British democracy, read this book – it is thorough, gripping and vitally important.
OLIVER BULLOUGH
AUTHOR OF 'MONEYLAND'.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Peter Geoghegan is an Irish writer, broadcaster and editor-in-chief at the award-winning news website openDemocracy. He led openDemocracy‘s investigations into dark money in British politics that were nominated for a 2019 and 2020 British Journalism award and the Paul Foot award in 2019 and 2021. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the London Review of Books and many other publications. He has made documentaries for BBC Radio Four, worked on investigative TV programmes for Channel 4 and regularly appears on British and international broadcast outlets. He became editor-in-chief of openDemocracy in September 2021.
His most recent book, Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics, was published in August 2020 by Head of Zeus. His previous book, The People’s Referendum: Why Scotland Will Never Be the Same Again, was nominated for the Saltire First Book Award. He is co-founder and current chair of Scottish investigative website the Ferret and lives in Glasgow and Lo