Elliott Goat, The Week UK
Elliott Goat is a freelance writer at The Week Digital, having previously edited the site's former daily news app. A winner of The Independent's Wyn Harness Award, he has been a journalist for over a decade with a focus on human rights, disinformation and elections.
He is co-founder and director of Brussels-based investigative NGO Unhack Democracy, which works to support electoral integrity across Europe. A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow focusing on unions and the Future of Work, Elliott is a founding member of the RSA's Good Work Guild and a contributor to the International State Crime Initiative, an interdisciplinary forum for research, reportage and training on state violence and corruption. He is an advisory board member of We Make Change, a social action social network.
Latest articles by Elliott Goat, The Week UK
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Is Europe’s radical left in permanent decline?
Today's Big Question Once-ascendant parties across the continent face an existential crisis amid internal divisions and the rise of the far-right
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Prigozhin’s revolt: is Russia really heading for ‘sudden collapse’?
Today's Big Question Wagner group’s short-lived rebellion against Vladimir Putin triggers speculation about ‘change of guard in the Kremlin’
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The democratic crisis facing Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu
feature Condemnation grows at home and abroad over right-wing coalition’s radical reforms
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Mexico’s controversial electoral reforms heralding a return to one-party rule
feature Thousands protest against the president’s autocratic powergrab ahead of elections next year
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Why is the US waging a tech war on China?
Today's Big Question Battle for technological supremacy is at the forefront of a new economic Cold War
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Scottish independence polls: does Scotland want to leave the UK?
In Depth Supreme Court rules that Scotland cannot hold an independence referendum without Westminster’s consent
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Is Putin preparing for a nuclear attack on Ukraine?
Today's Big Question Reports of nuclear weapons on the move in Russia raises fear of further escalation
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Do Tory tax cuts herald return of austerity?
Today's Big Question Chancellor U-turns on scrapping top rate tax but urges ministers to make public spending cuts
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The great lending game: IMF vs China
feature Vulnerable countries face choice of restrictive ‘conditionalities’ or ‘debt-trap diplomacy’
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Chileans vote to reject new progressive constitution
Speed Read Indigenous rights, environmental protections, gender parity and legalised abortion prove too radical for voters
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What will happen to the Partygate inquiry under the new PM?
Under the Radar Liz Truss facing calls to scrap ‘witch-hunt’ into whether Boris Johnson lied about lockdown gatherings
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Will pumping more oil and gas solve the energy crisis?
Today's Big Question Experts say boosting domestic supplies is ‘unlikely to tame super-high prices’ in immediate term
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Ukraine launches ‘long-anticipated’ counteroffensive in Kherson
Speed Read Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Russian troops to flee for their lives amid push to recapture key southern region
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‘One law for the rich’: Met accused of ‘deferential’ policing over Partygate
Speed Read Force did not quiz Boris Johnson about lockdown breaches before deciding not to fine him
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Is Brexit to blame for Dover chaos?
Talking Point UK and French officials in war of words as holidaymakers hit by long delays
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Can the government function until we get a new prime minister?
Today's Big Question British politics in limbo as Boris Johnson set to stay while Tories choose next leader
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How coronavirus could shape the news
Speed Read Trust in journalists is down as newspapers face funding crisis that could reshape media landscape forever
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What will Global Britain look like?
Speed Read As the UK leaves the EU it will have to carve out a new place for itself on the world stage
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What will dominate Davos 2020?
Speed Read Expect climate change to take centre stage at the gathering of global leaders as British attendance hits decade-long low
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How will climate change affect the global economy?
Speed Read Study finds Africa, South America and the Middle East likely to be hardest hit
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The consequences of killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
In Depth What the death of the Islamic State leader means for the terror group, the region and Donald Trump
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China clears path to new digital currency
Speed Read Unlike other cryptocurrencies, Beijing’s would increase central control of the financial system
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What is Mario Draghi’s legacy?
In Depth ECB president hailed as saviour of the euro but concerns linger over the impact of his unconventional monetary policies
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Is the EU’s enlargement dream over?
In Depth Emmanuel Macron’s decision to block accession of North Macedonia and Albania risks pushing Balkans towards Russia
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