The June 22 edition of The Spectator has gone to press, featuring: 🎮@William_Blake 🎮@roddreher 🎮@freyaindiaa 🎮@AllumBokhari 🎮@juliadyost 🎮@DouglasKMurray

A late spring outbreak of righteous indignation is affecting the United Kingdom. It’s yet another variant of Palantir Derangement Syndrome. Virologists tracked this smug neurosis as it jumped across the Atlantic from the American left to British Labour. Symptoms include selective blindness, performative anguish, a hilarious inability to grasp the facts and Tourette’s-level outbursts of repetitive left-wing clichés. Earlier this month, a committee dominated by British Labour MPs who are infected by PDS called for Palantir to be stripped of its £330 million deal to help British hospitals save the lives of patients. The House of Commons science, innovation and technology committee accused the American tech giant of having a “clear mismatch” with British values. It seems the ghost of fascism can be found in simple efficiency gains. Sir Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, showed chronic symptoms of PDS just a few weeks earlier. He blocked a £50 million Metropolitan Police contract with Palantir that would have helped its investigators solve crimes. Khan has said he only wants to see public money going to companies which “share the values of our city.” British values apparently mean letting patients die while waiting for care and making sure that crime pays. The Guardian has accused Palantir of turning America into a dictatorship, of being a “supervillain” and “the Big Tobacco of the tech world.” Other British commentators, meanwhile, denounce the “Palantirization” of the British state, warning of “technofascism” and cronyism. If only it were just hysterical journalists. The leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski, recently snarked about the sartorial choices of Louis Mosley, Palantir’s CEO in Europe: “He insists on wearing a black shirt every time he is on TV.” Mosley’s grandfather was indeed the fascist fool who led his blackshirts through the streets of London. Louis, however, has consistently championed freedom, open democratic debate and universal tolerance. But in the left’s theory of hereditary politics, the Mosley genome carries all the fascism markers. 🔗 Michael P. Gibson (@William_Blake) writes about the rise of Palantir Derangement Syndrome for @TheSpectator’s upcoming issue. Read the full cover story at the link below.

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When police arrived, Digwa claimed that Henry had been racially abusive and had knocked his turban off. The police believed him, ignoring Henry’s pleas that he was wounded even as he lay on ground, blood streaming from his head. Extraordinarily, police chose to put Henry in handcuffs. The boy kept saying ‘I can’t breathe’. Only once he lost consciousness did police remove the handcuffs and administer CPR. No one really knows why the altercation happened. Whatever the cause, judge William Mousley KC said that Henry had acted no more than ‘cheekily’ with Digwa in the moments before he was stabbed. ‘I am sure that Henry had said nothing racist,’ the judge concluded. The judge also noted that it is illegal for anyone but a Sikh to carry such a weapon. It’s something we allow in Britain, in the name of tolerance. ✍️ Gus Carter Article | spectator.com/article/the-tr…

‘The real intervención will not… be a replay of 1847, but a replay of January 3. The prospect is not the Battle of Chapultepec: it is the raid on Caracas.’ Absolutely fascinating piece by Joshua Treviño on what the Trump administration has in store for Mexico … 👇

The June 8 edition of The Spectator has gone to press, featuring: 💥Joshua S. Treviño 💥@ToryAnarchist 💥@ALucieSmith 💥@JoelSalatin 💥@BlakeSNeff 💥@d_whitehouse 💥@KeenanPeachy 💥@default_friend

I get an email from Dr. @SebGorka. He’s heard I’m writing a piece about him. It’s from his official White House account and this is the middle of the day. I am surprised he has the time to speak to me – surely it’s busy on the National Security Council? – but pleased to get the chance to talk about US counterterrorism policy. He ignores my earnest questions. Instead, he calls our editor, @Freddygray31, a “risible little twerp” and “a ball-less wonder.” Such rancor is out of all proportion to the gentle fun The Spectator has had in pricking his pomposity in the past, but Gorka is notorious for his feuds. ✍️ Paul Wood Article: spectator.com/article/the-in…

“Gorka once declared, ‘the alpha males are back’ in the White House. Should there be any doubts about his own T-levels, Gorka drives a Mustang with the vanity plate ‘Art of War’ and poses on X with his many weapons.” spectator.com/article/the-in…

“After the October 7 attacks by Palestinian gunmen, Sebastian Gorka filmed a video selfie with a message for Israel’s Prime Minister: ‘Kill every single one of them. God bless Israel. God bless Judeo-Christian civilization.’” ✍️ Paul Wood on the incredible case of Dr. Gorka. Link to the full article below

The May 11 edition of The Spectator US has gone to press featuring: 🪙 @johnfund 🪙 @mtracey 🪙 @BlakeSNeff 🪙 @ToryAnarchist 🪙 @default_friend 🪙 @Claremch

Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) on why the British monarchy still has a place in Americans’ hearts 👇 spectator.com/article/why-am…

‘Americans worry: “Will these guys fight us hard? Can we trust them afterwards? And will there be a legacy of lawfare coming back across the Atlantic?”’ Richard Williams and David Davis on the wrecking of the special forces alliance with America 👇

Very timely piece from @johnfund

This is interesting. 'The age of the aircraft carrier is over ' I'd like to see a rebuttal, please. spectator.com/article/why-ai…

Exactly 13 months ago today, the EU's Ursula von der Leyen leads the celebrations as the Baltic states disconnect from the Russian energy grid.

When faced with a serious question of Britain’s national interest, Reform unfortunately chose to twerk onstage for Trump and Netanyahu:

The March 16 edition of The Spectator just went to press featuring: 🪖 @geoffrey_cain 🪖 @Freddygray31 🪖 @owenmatth 🪖 @default_friend 🪖 @DouglasKMurray 🪖 @aidnmclaughlin