NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

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"McSweeney is not only one of the best political strategists in the country, "but in the entire world""

Greens : 21%
Labour : 16%

UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say Fossil fuel price surge after US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompts calls to end dependence on ‘volatile’ energy source

“Rosebank is an oilfield whose reserves, if developed, would be exported – like 80% of all UK oil. It contains minimal gas. In the best case, it would provide just 1% of UK gas demand. Like all North Sea production, it would do nothing to lower our energy bills.”

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The Celegraph 66 Starmer's Britain suddenly feels very small, very weak and very alone The heroism of Churchill has degenerated into Starmer's pusillanimity Our Prime Minister embodies British decline | Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

You know what would have helped with this sudden isolation we now find ourselves in?

Not leaving the damned EU.

For fuck’s sake.

Again, for emphasis: russia has not agreed to ANYTHING. Nearly 100% of the media coverage presents the current situation as: if Ukraine agrees to giving up Donbas, there will be peace. That is not the case! Stop acting as if it were.

I doubt if Sir Keir will stand up to Trump and the warmongers #Iran

The Iranian people deserve to live free from a brutal regime. Donald Trump's unilateral and illegal military action won't deliver freedom, peace and security. It will only unleash more bloodshed.

Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station Turlough Conway on how a new legal case against Boris Johnson raises more questions about money laundered in London and Conservative connections to Russia.

🔎 From the archive: Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station — by Turlough Conway

🔁 Relevant again: As Prince Andrew's money man is back in the news, a reminder of the article Firtash tried to sue us over six years ago, but failed

If you’re not prepared to support Scotland’s right to choose independence you cannot possibly believe in fairness!

Accession to the EU looks like it just got a lot easier for Scotland - EUROPE SAYS I’m now convinced it will be a matter of months from ­independence day. When I studied the EU back at Law School and then the College of Europe in Warsaw,

Accession to the EU looks like it just got a lot easier for Scotland

https://www.europesays.com/2796910/

I’m now convinced it will be a matter of months from ­independence day. When I studied the EU…

Scotland's unemployment rate at 3.8% is one of the lowest not only in the UK but also across the EU.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has slammed Donald Trump in an unusually undiplomatic speech at the Munich Security Conference. He accused Trump of damaging NATO, questioning the sovereignty of a NATO member and excluding the Europeans from Ukraine peace talks. More of that please

UK energy industry profits surge past £125bn since 2020 The Energy Industry Profits Tracker reveals £125bn in profits during the energy crisis, as the Chancellor mulls axing the energy profits levy

Energy giants generated over £125bn profits on their UK operations since 2020.

Some of the highest prices in the world.

Destroying industry fuelling inflation creating poverty.

120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty,

Govts appease corporations. None curbs profiteering.

Yet another reason to avoid Wetherspoons

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The French govt is calling for Francesca Albanese to be sacked for calling Israel the common enemy of humanity

The only problem?

She never said it

Its the latest in a series of lies & smears directed at Francesca because she continues calling out the role of the world in Israels genocide.

Gender pay gap won't close until 2056, warns Trades Union Congress The average woman employee

Gender pay gap won't close for another 30 years.

Myth of equality used to hike women's state pension age.

Women hold 69% of low-paid & insecure jobs.

Women hit first by benefit cuts, wage freezes, two-child benefit cap. More likely to be unpaid carers.

Why are govt policies loaded against women?

And, given the big move by private equity into vet practices in England, this is a model that could very usefuly be adopted on the mainland in Scotland to mitigate that threat.

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Research reveals Scotland’s free bus travel has positive impacts on health and mental wellbeing beyond schemes in the rest of the UK but it’s not getting media attention Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. From Why buses matter for health and reducing transport poverty, research published today: Bus use has positive impacts on health and mental wel…

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MoD's posh party with IDF-linked Palantir slammed

Thiel Spokesman Denies Former Israeli PM's Claim Jeffrey Epstein 'Co-Owned' Palantir Founder’s Venture Fund – But Confirms Epstein was a Limited Partner A former Israeli Prime Minister and intelligence chief described Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein as "owners" of a venture fund. The founder of Palantir, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrast...

"If Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein’s business partner retain access to the UK’s most sensitive national security infrastructure?"
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When is the Scottish media going to start asking the other parties if they plan to abolish SNP policy on free tuition fees & saddle our young people with this amount of debt if they win the Holyrood election?

Two weeks ago @zackpolanski.bsky.social went to Palantir's London HQ to tell the US spyware company to get the hell out of the NHS.

Zack has now written to Wes Streeting urging him to end Palantir's NHS contract, citing links between Mandelson, his lobbying firm, and Palantir.

BREAKING: TV Licence fee to rise to £180 from April

£40bn?!?!? Get. Us. Tae. Fuck!

The Scottish Parliament may look like someone dropped a Kerplunk into cake batter, but at least it doesn't cost us this amount of money. Plus one half of it is nothing much more than a crusties' creche.

#ScottishIndependence

The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

You see Wes Streeting, you can try and delete your approving tweets of Mandelson, but you can't delete your approval of Palantir, because your grubby mits are all over it, and guess what? Now you're embroiled with the Mandelson issue all over again.
Starmer should kick you out as well.

Just remember Blair, Starmer, Mandelson, McSweeney, etc backed by dark money, all led the charge to destroy Corbyn, aided and abetted by thier friends in mainstream media, a multi year campaign to destroy a good man, when will the public demand an apology from them for this monstrous behaviour ?

The truth about the Glasgow hospital infections in a short video Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Detail at: My daughter filmed this primarily for TikTok but it might be useful here. John

As the Daily Record shouts 'Tell us the truth about QEUH', here it is in just over one minute!
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