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Peter Thiel’s spyware firm Palantir is wiring itself into critical UK services - with over £630m in government contracts.
We need a full Parliamentary debate on Palantir’s role 👇
(Graphic via @thenerve.news)
We need a full Parliamentary debate on Palantir’s role 👇
(Graphic via @thenerve.news)
January 30, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Peter Thiel’s spyware firm Palantir is wiring itself into critical UK services - with over £630m in government contracts.
We need a full Parliamentary debate on Palantir’s role 👇
(Graphic via @thenerve.news)
We need a full Parliamentary debate on Palantir’s role 👇
(Graphic via @thenerve.news)
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber
If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber | Polly Toynbee
With filibustering slowing the pace to a crawl, there is no chance the legislation will get through – unless the government shows some backbone, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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January 22, 2026 at 11:42 PM
If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber
“the largest laser-tag arena construction of all time”
Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was
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January 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
“the largest laser-tag arena construction of all time”
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data shows
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January 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Europeans see the old order is over. European leaders must now be “realistic and daring at the same time”, finding “new ways not just to manage in a multipolar world, but to become a pole in that world – or disappear among the others”
Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
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January 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Europeans see the old order is over. European leaders must now be “realistic and daring at the same time”, finding “new ways not just to manage in a multipolar world, but to become a pole in that world – or disappear among the others”
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"for much of society today, words are not expressions with referents, but rather, performative speech acts with specific functions — in his case, owning the libs...Where there are words at all, they are but a way to express a meme, a vibe, an aesthetic.
Killing in the name of… nothing
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"for much of society today, words are not expressions with referents, but rather, performative speech acts with specific functions — in his case, owning the libs...Where there are words at all, they are but a way to express a meme, a vibe, an aesthetic.
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When the Manchester Guardian calls, the people of the North heed the call. And if those people are me, we inject Manchester Liberalism, even from across the Pennines, right back in to the paper of Northern record. Get your fill. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain’s cities are desperate for better transport. Why is Westminster derailing our plans in Leeds? | Thomas Forth
A long-promised tram network has been pushed back to the late 2030s – unless we build local, northern growth will be snuffed out, says Thomas Forth, co-founder of tech firm The Data City
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December 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When the Manchester Guardian calls, the people of the North heed the call. And if those people are me, we inject Manchester Liberalism, even from across the Pennines, right back in to the paper of Northern record. Get your fill. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown
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December 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is
Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew
Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
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November 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n... Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n... Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... ‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights
‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights
Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figures
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November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... ‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights