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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Could US supplant Saudi Arabia as world's No. 1 oil exporter?
Speed Read Trump administration actively pursuing ‘energy dominance’ regardless of what happens to oil prices
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How business came to embrace Jeremy Corbyn
Speed Read Labour’s radical socialist agenda deemed less of a threat than no-deal Brexit
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The impact Brexit is having on Britain’s sex life
Speed Read Vote to leave EU has caused a spike in anxiety, splits, divorces and sexless couples
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What a Fed interest rate cut could mean
Speed Read US central bank to bow to pressure from Trump and cut rates for first time since financial crisis
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Boris Johnson’s Scotland problem
Speed Read PM on collision course with Scottish Tory leader who has refused to back no-deal Brexit plan ahead of meeting in Edinburgh today
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Is Spain heading to the polls again?
Speed Read Country could be set for fourth vote in four years after prime ministers fails to agree government
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Could the DUP scupper Boris Johnson’s plans?
Speed Read More money, free TV licences for over-75s and assurances on Troubles prosecutions on the table for new ‘confidence and supply’ deal
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Europe facing another ‘lost decade’
Speed Read Ten years after the financial crisis, economic stagnation risks becoming the new normal
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Have Democrats given up on impeachment?
Speed Read Congress votes down bid to launch impeachment proceedings but party remains bitterly divided
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Who is funding Boris Johnson?
Speed Read Tory leadership frontrunner smashes record for money raised, but do donors include some with vested interests?
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France’s new digital tax explained
Speed Read 3% levy on revenue of big tech firms like Google and Facebook faces stiff opposition from Washington
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Amazon at 25: where next for the online giant?
Speed Read The online retailer has gone from being an ‘everything store’ to an ‘everything company’
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Is Jeremy Corbyn at the root of Labour’s problems?
Speed Read Labour leader’s dithering over Brexit and failure to tackle antisemitism means he has turned from asset to liability
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Are we headed for dotcom bubble 2.0?
In Depth Flotations of loss-making firms hit 2000 levels amid warning signs bubble could be about to burst
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Why are fewer European companies listing?
Speed Read Brexit uncertainty, US-China trade dispute and slowing economy leaves number of firms going public at ten-year low
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Can anything stop the next global recession?
Speed Read IMF warns emergency tool kit that pulled global economy out of 2008 financial crisis might not work a second time
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How climate change could crash the global insurance sector
Speed Read Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurance firm, warns premium rises could become a social issue
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Can you police by machine?
In Depth Liberty warns predictive policing threatens citizens’ rights as federation warn of dangers of staffing shortages
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Should you have to disclose a minor criminal record?
Speed Read Supreme Court rules criminal records check system ‘disproportionate’
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Are developed countries serious about climate change?
Speed Read Report reveals G20 is failing to meet Paris emissions targets, with 82% of energy still coming from fossil fuels
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Could Venezuela’s turmoil create a South American refugee crisis?
Speed Read Thousands fleeing country as president promises ‘magic formula’ to get country back on track
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US to be crowned oil king of the world
Speed Read Saudi Arabia and Russia are set to be overtaken as the energy world order is upended
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