INTELLIGENCE-LED JOURNALISM
About The Influence Quotient
The UK's intelligence-led political analysis platform. Mapping real power since 2024.
Our Vision
Political news tells you who's in the headlines. The IQ tells you who holds actual power — and how that power is connected, funded, and sustained. We exist to close the gap between what's visible and what's real.
Our Mission
Apply the intelligence cycle — the same structured process used in UK Military Intelligence — to political analysis. Score influence across eight dimensions. Map the network. Publish the findings twice a week. No opinion. No spin. Just the data on who's gaining and losing power.
WHAT WE OFFER
Intelligence-Led Analysis
Three principles that separate The IQ from political news.
Data, Not Opinion
Every Influence Score is built on parliamentary votes, financial disclosures, media sentiment, and network centrality — not editorial judgement. The methodology is public. The data speaks.
Network-Level Analysis
We don't track politicians in isolation. We map the relationships between them — committee co-memberships, shared donors, APPG links, media co-mentions — using graph theory to reveal who's connected to whom.
Twice-Weekly Updates
Influence Scores update every Sunday and Thursday. The Political Tide shows who's surging and sinking. The IQ Briefing delivers it to your inbox — free.
OUR TEAM
The IQ Team
Military intelligence, political journalism, and strategic analysis — combined to map the mechanics of power.
Intelligence Expertise
Our team applies methods from UK Military Intelligence to political analysis — structured collection, processing, and dissemination. Every assessment follows the intelligence cycle. Nothing is published on instinct.
Political Acumen
Our analysts track the mechanics of power — voting patterns, financial networks, factional dynamics — not the personalities. They identify shifts in influence before they surface in media coverage.
Strategic Insight
The IQ is built for people who make decisions in complex environments — consultants, analysts, journalists, and strategists who need structured intelligence, not news summaries.
Uncompromising Analysis
The IQ exists because political news tracks visibility, not power. We fix that — with data, methodology, and a network map that shows you what's actually happening beneath the headlines.