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Feb 6
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 Starmerâs visit to Palantirâs office in Washington - arranged by Mandelson while his firm repped Palantir - was kept off books.
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28 Nov 2025
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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31 Oct 2025
I worked in BBC News for years. When it frames guests on the Left (Faiza Shaheen) as âactivistsâ (undermining them) & those on the Right as âacademicsâ (boosting them) itâs usually a subconscious - not deliberate - decision; providing a candid insight into its institutional bias
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29 Oct 2025
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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29 Oct 2025
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-innâŚ
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11 Oct 2025
First time ever writing about something personal. Please be kind đ
My GP told me my diagnosis over text. Is this Wes Streetingâs vision for the NHS? independent.co.uk/voices/endâŚ
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18 Sep 2025
Man, when The Onion hits, it HITS.
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18 Sep 2025
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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16 Sep 2025
Maria Caulfield - who has now joined Reform -received an ÂŁ8k 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/ministerâŚ
16 Sep 2025
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-caâŚ
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4 Sep 2025
Interesting. We're unlikely to see a similar review in the NHS, but it's becoming increasingly harder to ignore the elephant in the room
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025âŚ
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11 Aug 2025
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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7 Aug 2025
đ¨BREAKING: Weâve 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 parliamentâs consent
Weâre taking action
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202âŚ
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Joe Talora retweeted
25 Jul 2025
Just so Iâm clear âŚ
youâre holding an emergency meetingâŚ
to discuss how to stop the killing of civilians âŚ
that are being killed by soldiers you allow to train on UK military basesâŚ
by the weapons you give them?
Just want to make sure I understand âŚ
24 Jul 2025
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
ALT Keir Starmer's statement on Gaza. Read the full text on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-statement-on-gaza-24-july-2025
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24 Jul 2025
For 21 months, @BBCNews you have disinformed the public as to the scale, illegality & disproportionality of Israelâs 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.
24 Jul 2025
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
ALT JOINT STATEMENT ON GAZA FROM AFP, AP, BBC NEWS AND REUTERSâ âWe are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. For many months, these independent journalists have been the worldâs eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza. They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering. â âJournalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them.â âWe once again urge the Israeli authorities to allow journalists in and out of Gaza. It is essential that adequate food supplies reach the people there.â
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22 Jul 2025
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 âDeath Trapsâ the GHF have createdâŚI quote âregularly 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 packagesâthough 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 areaâ
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 âHunger Games Areaâ they play with Palestinians lives like it worth nothing!!
Go to their page let them know they were exposed đ
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8 Jul 2025
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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25 Jun 2025
First confirmed death in the NHS linked to a cyber attack hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/excâŚ
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19 Jun 2025
Israel launched its attack on Iran on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a âpoint of no returnâ in its quest for a nuclear weapon. The Economist has gained exclusive insights on that information econ.st/4kNYe2l
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11 Jun 2025
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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