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Pls read whole piece. Neither Mandelson or Mosley were asked about Mandelson’s role in fixing Starmer’s visit to Palantir & subsequent £240m deal. It finally made headlines on Weds when a q was asked in Parliament.

But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...
The Strangers’ Case
I don’t normally say this, but if you watch one thing on kottke.org today, this week, this month, make it this speech written by Shakespeare and performed by
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February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Here is the archive to read in full to get around the paywall.

archive.ph/DPzO1
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February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Palantir’s stated mission is to defend America. Peter Thiel is a radical libertarian who does not believe ‘freedom & democracy are compatible’.

Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Never, Jürgen!!
January 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Richard Brooks reports in this week’s Private Eye that almost all of that £50m has now been taken as dividends by the developers Chris Musgrave & Martin Corney (there’s £2.7m left in the account) 👇
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Fabulous. I believe they still use it for the Health and Safety Executive's entrance exam.
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM