Gabriel McKeown
@gabemckeownuk
Interested in politics, economics, and financial markets. I write a weekly newsletter on Substack.
You can't understand the news by just reading it. You need to understand the incentive structures behind what is being reported. My articles look at the underlying data and explain why government or economic decisions are actually made. Read them here: sadrabbit.media/welcome
In Britain, the fight for the 2029 General Election has moved from Parliament to the social media feeds of today's 12-year-olds, as parties attempt to shape the political identity of 1.5 million future voters, one meme at a time. Read the full article: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…

My new piece for @unherd explores how the government's decision to lower the voting age will turn social media feeds into the preeminent battlefield for political campaigning. Read my full article here: unherd.com/2025/07/the-da…
It feels like the government exists in a completely different world to the rest of us, ignoring the real problems affecting society and focusing instead on surface issues. I’m trying to fight this by investigating the topics that many ignore: sadrabbit.media/welcome
In the years leading up to the 2029 General Election, Britain will witness the covert deployment of the most technologically advanced political campaigns in history, designed to shape the worldview of a generation, before they can even vote. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…

There needs to be more accountability in politics, and one major way to achieve this is through independent journalism that is unafraid to report the truth. That is what I am trying to do with my newsletter, so please subscribe if you are interested: sadrabbit.media/welcome
A majority of young people now believe that British democracy is in trouble, propelling a growing number away from established parties and towards the political fringes. Read my full article here: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…

I have written many stories exposing the real issues in UK politics that are currently being overlooked, such as the student loan fraud scandal, the social care Ponzi scheme, and hidden government grants. To read more, join my newsletter: sadrabbit.media/welcome
It was brilliant to have the opportunity to discuss the desperate need for SEND reform and the likely political ramifications, on @TimesRadio. Thank you very much @ayeshahazarika.
6pm Discussion on SEND provision & reform Rachel Filmer - parent & campaigner @gabemckeownuk - politics & economics writer 6:35pm Saturday night political chats w @Freddygray31 & @wizbates
The promise that the next generation would live a more prosperous life than the previous has been broken, and the social contract now lies in tatters, driving Britain's youth to abandon the political mainstream and dismantle the two-party system. Read: sadrabbit.media/p/the-fracture…

My new piece for @unherd explores how Britain has mastered the art of legislating compassion, yet despite endless promises being made at the government level, when the time comes for delivery, they never materialise. unherd.com/2025/07/the-se…
As demand for special needs transport soars, councils nationwide are being driven into bankruptcy by taxi firms using unlicensed, and sometimes criminal, drivers to exploit the failing system through extortionate fares, collusion, and fraud. Read Now: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…

My new piece for @unherd explores how Britain’s social care sector has metastasised into an immigration Ponzi scheme, where international workers are exploited by a corrupt and failing system. Read the full piece here: unherd.com/2025/06/the-so…
Britain’s food-delivery boom has spiralled into an industrial-scale backdoor for illegal workers, often operating from taxpayer-funded asylum hotels that have been transformed by criminal gangs into modern-day workhouses. Read my full article here: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…

I have written countless stories on key issues in UK politics that are currently being ignored in the mainstream media. From MP expense scandals and crony contracts, to hidden government grants and wasteful spending. To read more, join my free newsletter: sadrabbit.media/welcome
For the next generation, the social contract that promised retirement security to those who paid in is fraying, and the ultimate guarantee that hard work will not end in destitution has started to be questioned. Read my full article here: sadrabbit.media/p/britains-bro…

We are witnessing a rapidly shifting Overton window in British politics, where once-fringe views have surged into the mainstream, as the government desperately tries to align policy with the beliefs of a frustrated public. Read my full article here: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…

My new piece for @unherd explores how Britain’s trust-based student loan system has been exploited by overseas organised crime syndicates, allowing sham students to siphon hundreds of millions from taxpayers. unherd.com/2025/05/the-st…
Despite having undergone rapid, society-altering change many times, for a growing number in Britain, the struggles of today feel just as real as those of an 18th-century worker, due to a focus on economic targets, rather than individual well-being. Read: sadrabbit.media/p/a-vision-of-…

We are approaching a world where digital intelligence and robotic automation will make human-centric labour less economically viable, with the societal role of humans needing to be fundamentally altered. The anti-work era may soon be upon us. Read now: open.substack.com/pub/sadrabbit/…
