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[Joe Talora @jtalora]

Reminder that in 2024 Wes Streeting referred to data privacy campaigners raising concerns over Palantir as the "Tiktok tinfoil hat brigade"

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

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.
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[Alastair McLellan @HSJEditor]

Want your intelligence insulted? Have a look at this https://t.co/szDbTW4quX attempt at transparency in relation to the NHS Federated Data Platform (delivered in conjunction with Palantir). Why bother?

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

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

[Joe Talora @jtalora]

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

https://t.co/5LB1NCR1pF

[Joe Talora @jtalora]

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

[Rebecca Thomas @Rebeccasmt]

First time ever writing about something personal. Please be kind 🙈

My GP told me my diagnosis over text. Is this Wes Streeting’s vision for the NHS? https://t.co/WhFWZ03UKu

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Man, when The Onion hits, it HITS.

[Nicholas Guyatt @NicholasGuyatt]

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

[Henry Anderson @HMAnderson39]

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
https://t.co/2iNEBM29EK

[Joe Talora @jtalora]

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

https://t.co/aIJrZvEmrg

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

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

[Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo]

🚨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

https://t.co/qVScQHFjNl

[Rachel Chinouriri @rachelchinourir]

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 …

[Karishma @KarishmaPatel99]

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.

[Hashashin @HashashinTag]

I am begging you please read every word of this

[Joe Talora @jtalora]

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"

[Ben Clover @BenClover]

First confirmed death in the NHS linked to a cyber attack https://t.co/hfcF6KSAoe

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

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 https://t.co/OMoqNvGZvg

[Joe Talora @jtalora]

Palantir session at #ConfedExpo2025 interrupted by several protestors highlighting the company's role in atrocities in Palestine. Follows protests in London earlier today