Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer What a world we live in.
The Guardian reports: Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer What a world we live in.
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Imagine: gangs dragging civil servants off commuter trains and beating them up because they handed government data jobs to the wrong contractor – and the government is changing its procurement decisions as a result.
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