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Joined September 2019
Reminder that in 2024 Wes Streeting referred to data privacy campaigners raising concerns over Palantir as the "Tiktok tinfoil hat brigade"
NEW: The Mandelson-Epstein scandal is also the Mandelson-Palantir scandal. MP @alexburghart asks why Keir Starmer’s visit to Palantir’s office in Washington - arranged by Mandelson while his firm repped Palantir - was kept off books. 1/
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Want your intelligence insulted? Have a look at this england.nhs.uk/long-read/fed… attempt at transparency in relation to the NHS Federated Data Platform (delivered in conjunction with Palantir). Why bother?
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I worked in BBC News for years. When it frames guests on the Left (Faiza Shaheen) as “activists” (undermining them) & those on the Right as “academics” (boosting them) it’s usually a subconscious - not deliberate - decision; providing a candid insight into its institutional bias
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NEW: TPP CEO Frank Hester has (very quietly) stepped down, it would appear. Founder and sole director was investigated for alleged racist comments made about Diane Abbott last year
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Mr Hester is now listed on TPP's website as just "founder", whereas previously he was founder and CEO. New CEO has since been listed, with no public announcement from the company. Full story here hsj.co.uk/technology-and-inn…
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Man, when The Onion hits, it HITS.
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It's clear from the Windsor banquet guest list that the real purpose of Trump's "historic" state visit is to invite US finance and tech CEOs to asset-strip anything here in the UK that isn't nailed down
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Maria Caulfield - who has now joined Reform -received an £8k severance package when she was sacked - and then returned to the government less than two months later. Other ministers in similar situations opted to repay their severance money hsj.co.uk/workforce/minister…
BREAKING Another ex-Tory MP has defected to Reform UK Maria Caulfield, a former health minister who now works as as full time nurse in the NHS, joined Nigel Farage's party a month ago. She is the 13th former Conservative MP known to have jumped ship to Reform UK. gbnews.com/politics/maria-ca…
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Israel last night murdered the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City. Western media should long ago have united to bring serious pressure on the Israelis to end the slaughter of journalists. Their failure to do so makes them complicit. /1
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🚨BREAKING: We’ve obtained documents showing ALL our passport photos are being secretly searched in a police facial recognition database A national ID system has been built by the backdoor - without the public or parliament’s consent We’re taking action telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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Just so I’m clear … you’re holding an emergency meeting… to discuss how to stop the killing of civilians … that are being killed by soldiers you allow to train on UK military bases… by the weapons you give them? Just want to make sure I understand …
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
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For 21 months, @BBCNews you have disinformed the public as to the scale, illegality & disproportionality of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Actions that amount to a genocide. BBC journalists, myself included, have been raising the alarm since 2023. This statement comes far too late.
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
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I am begging you please read every word of this
Horrible and the most horrific testimony you will ever hear I have spoken on a space with @AbujomaaGaza, who explained the process of the “Death Traps” the GHF have created…I quote “regularly posts the aid distribution schedule on Facebook. Each time, around 60,000 to 70,000 Palestinians converge at the designated site. Loudspeakers announce that when the green light turns on, people have just 10 minutes to grab between 300 to 400 aid packages—though much of the critical supplies, like flour, sugar, and salt, are snatched up first by gangs and collaborators. After the 10-minute window, the light turns yellow, signaling that only 5 minutes remain to flee before automatic machine guns open fire indiscriminately on anyone still in the area” He described the distribution zones as barren open spaces surrounded by high mounds of sand. There are four such points across southern Gaza, and in some cases, people must walk up to 40 kilometers just to reach them The GHF have created “Hunger Games Area” they play with Palestinians lives like it worth nothing!! Go to their page let them know they were exposed 👇 xitter.cf/ghfupdates?s=21
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Palantir EVP Louis Mosley tells govt science, innovation and tech committee that Palantir is "not political". Goes on to say the firm would not work with "adversaries of the West" and that they are "proud of the work we do with Israel"
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How can anyone argue that the BBC is not state controlled media when the government can dictate it's content down to the individual musical acts it airs.
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Israel launched its attack on Iran on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a “point of no return” in its quest for a nuclear weapon. The Economist has gained exclusive insights on that information econ.st/4kNYe2l
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Palantir session at #ConfedExpo2025 interrupted by several protestors highlighting the company's role in atrocities in Palestine. Follows protests in London earlier today
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