Oh God, What Now? So wrong, it’s right wing – Could Project 2025 happen in Britain?
Sep 23, 2025
Peter Geoghegan, an investigative journalist and author of the Democracy for Sale newsletter, joins political analyst John Elledge to dive into the implications of Project 2025. They explore how American dark money influences the UK’s right-wing landscape, including the rise of Reform UK and the threat of a Farage-led government. The duo discusses the potential for a similar playbook in Britain, emphasizing the importance of political donation transparency and the need for reforms to curb elite influence in politics.
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Project 2025 Was A Detailed Playbook
- Project 2025 is a 900-page Heritage Foundation blueprint for a Trump administration to rapidly overhaul the administrative state.
- Many of Trump's early executive orders tracked the document closely, showing plan-to-action continuity.
Authoritarian Change Can Look Ordinary
- Peter Geoghegan saw signs in multiple US states of rising authoritarian-normalisation and cultural fissures becoming mainstream.
- He stresses that many changes feel banal day-to-day yet are powerful once you look beneath the surface.
Stone Mountain As A Sign Of Rising Visibility
- Peter described Stone Mountain near Atlanta as a visible monument to white supremacy and contested public memory.
- He used it to illustrate how historical symbols have been reissued into public life under recent politics.
