DOGE U.K.

Last week I wrote a fairly “un-Christmassy” column about the CAN Bill. But I wanted to make my next one a bit more seasonal – cheerful, even! – about my hopes and dreams for the new year. I guess this is more a strategy guide for the Right, and anyone simply sick of Labour/the radical Left, as to what I think our priorities should be next year and thereafter.

Less defeatism

Without sounding sanctimonious, I hope Britain can be less defeatist in 2025. Don’t get me wrong, I sometimes feel very pessimistic about the state of the U.K. But this attitude doesn’t get us anywhere. This isn’t to suggest we should delude ourselves about the British economy or the Labour Party. The key thing is to be practical. Ideally we need to delve deep, to understand why Britain doesn’t work, which isn’t simply ‘incompetence’, and put forth a thorough plan to tackle it. Hand-wringing or moving to Australia, as so many fed up Brits are now doing, isn’t a proper solution!

Start asking “Who funds you?” of the Left

One of the best ways to find out what’s gone wrong in Britain is to ask the Left “who funds you?” It’s almost always the Right that this question is put to, mainly because it works as a good deflection technique for the Left (whose adherents regularly post about Tufton Street on X). But what about them? Labour MPs, for instance, receive huge amounts of funding, often from people calling themselves ‘philanthropists’. Most of these very rich individuals have their own agendas. Working out what these are, particularly those giving millions to the Labour Party, is key to understanding what’s really going on in Britain – and sometimes worldwide (many of our problems are paralleled elsewhere).

More investigative journalism

We need more investigative journalism. Currently, the Right is very heavy on opinion writers. This isn’t a problem per se. It’s just that there is so much to investigate, in terms of Left-wing funders and networks, that we really need a whole army of us on it. The more people looking, and diagnosing, the faster we can get to addressing the ghastly state of Britain.

Be more evil

In general, those on the Right can be very naïve about their ideological opponents. They take everything at surface level and seem to believe that they can defeat the Left in the ‘battle of ideas’. I wish – half-jokingly – we could all ‘be more evil’. Those on the Left plot, often through mass coordination and funding networks, and we need to be so much more cynical about their methods.

Crowd-researching

One thing that’s really helped me in my investigative work is ‘crowd-researching’. To explain: I often post bits and bobs on X as I am researching, generally when I’ve found something awful that I need to vent to others about. The benefit of this is that masses of people have replied with very useful information (data and tips). And I have met internet sleuths who are helping me map out the networks. Perhaps the best thing about voluntary teams is they bring out people who are passionate and driven to discover more.

A slightly personal hope for 2025 is that I can help to tackle some of the Left-wing horror show Britain has through setting up a DOGE U.K., inspired by the Department for Government Efficiency in the U.S. (being set up by Elon Musk). It coincided rather nicely with my ‘Woke Waste‘ project, as I have now collated a huge amount of information on how Brits have had their tax wasted.

I absolutely cannot do this project alone – which is part of the point of DOGE U.K.: to bring others into the fold. So far I have been working with three extremely talented individuals who separately contacted me, wanting to join in the fight against the Blob. Many others want to roll up their sleeves too, which should give us all hope.

For DOGE U.K., I have recently bought suitable domains and have a website in the making. The group or think tank in its final formation shall be called Afuera, which Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, famously shouted as he proposed cuts for pointless ministries there. A clip for you to enjoy.

In the meantime, Happy New Year!

Charlotte Gill regularly publishes about the use of taxpayers’ money to fund Left-wing causes and Left-wing researchers in Woke Waste, her Substack. You can subscribe here.