🔴 KPMG being paid £8million to encourage English hospitals to adopt Palantir tech But government refusing to give us info about KPMG deal Labour MP and campaigners have decried secrecy and called on gov't to "ditch this dirty company” New on DfS: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-governm... - ThreadSky

petergeoghegan.bsky.social • 1 day ago

🔴 KPMG being paid £8million to encourage English hospitals to adopt Palantir tech

But government refusing to give us info about KPMG deal

Labour MP and campaigners have decried secrecy and called on gov't to "ditch this dirty company”

New on DfS:
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-government-withholding-details

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goldishcj4.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Labour, the capitalists’ friend…

keweave.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The government has stated recently that it wants to maintain it's position as "world leader in AI". Where are the British companies that are supposedly leading the world ?
I suppose they could mean being the world's biggest Palantir contractor ?!

keweave.bsky.social•9 hours ago

client, not contractor, !

argokimetes.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir's FDP does not seem to have been tailored to NHS use in any way. The users see it as an awkward imposition they don't need. I can only see it will eventually be abandoned and the job done again properly by someone else who is not just trying to fob the user of with off the shelf software.

argokimetes.bsky.social•1 day ago

It is nearly 20 years since I retired rom IT but I see the same shambolic system persists. The Public sector offers itself up to be told what to do by external 'experts' and gets eaten whole. I think a group that could have developed and written a sensible spec exists (CDAO)but were ignored. Crazy.

halfbreedrezman.bsky.social•1 day ago

So now the American Sauron can use his seeing stone to keep his lidless eye on the UK?

askmehow.bsky.social•1 day ago

More about Thiel and those who share his ideology

https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no

askmehow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isn’t this illegal? Thiel is on record that he sees democracy as an obstacle to his oligarchic ambitions. Palantir is clearly a threat to uk sovereignty and security

deborahfrank.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Oh no, they’re bending the knee

fredbullock.bsky.social•9 hours ago

This is truly a scandal. Palantir’s controversial technology is a threat to privacy and human rights.

https://nipponbusiness.com/the-rise-of-palantir-how-a-controversial-tech-giant-came-to-dominate-data-intelligence/

dianesf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don't do it. Don't trust them.

nico0511.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is excellent works. Id be interested to learn about how much NHSE (soon to be under the auspices of DHSC) is shelling out to the likes of Mastek and IBM (often instead of using highly skilled staff already employed by…yep…NHSE)

vaqueandconfusing.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Nothing Palantir can be good.

katharinekite.bsky.social•1 day ago

KPMG - a member of the corrupt cabal of thieving so-called auditors

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/24/kpmg-fined-rolls-royce-audit

And again

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/20/kpmg-investigation-entain-frc

jax1712.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir and their grubby mitts privatising our NHS will use our personal data select who to help and those to neglect/ignore. Corporate takeover will destroy everything. What happened to strengthening gathering UK economy bc USA PALANTIR never reinvests just shareholders get richer

adieuanamcara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Are you aware, Ju? @everydoctor.org.uk

rabelaisi.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Palantir is corporate Mordor.

christopher-hervez.bsky.social•1 day ago

So, we axe thousands of posts in the NHS and pay £8million to KPMG. Who'd have thought it? [/sarcasm] This is just one area of the private sector where public money will line the pockets of the private sector when it should be spent on healthcare.

llizzy490.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rumour has it the palantir tech is shit, which is why hospital trusts won’t adopt it. Paying KPMG 8mill won’t change that

johnsteel.bsky.social•1 day ago

An 8,000,000 budget leaves a lot of room to provide err, shall we say, “incentives”?

jowright1305.bsky.social•9 hours ago

In my experience the best people in the NHS steer well clear of anything that might be deemed and ‘incentive’ - let’s hope they hold the line

johnsteel.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I wouldn't doubt that for a second. I suppose this comes down to weather or not the best people can prevail against a massively powerful corporation. I hope so too.

llizzy490.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Ah how very true 🙄

iamqotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

This sounds like an AI version of the Fujitsu fiasco.

mslizmc.bsky.social•1 hour ago

The links between the "Big 4" firms and the UK govt are far too close, very heavily reliant on the "old boy network".

williamjc13.bsky.social•1 day ago

Be careful.

nurseferatu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Anyone who adopts something named “Palantir” has no excuse.
Coming soon, my “Great Eye of Sauron” and “Mordor Inc.” IPOs

suenet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir should not be allowed anywhere near the NHS.

zacke.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

reech.me.uk•9 hours ago

Ah, @kpmguk.bsky.social , the quality auditors when I worked at HBOS, who failed to properly audit the company resulting in layoffs for my colleagues when HBOS collapsed and had to be bought by Lloyds.

I'm sure their motives are honest and pure.

reetspetit.bsky.social•1 day ago

KPMG - utterly usless bastards.

They sneeze & loose you £1/2 a million. And then bill you for the pleasure.

oliviamlondon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir are poison / complicity in genocide, mass rape & other war crimes. I don’t want them anywhere near the NHS & our deeply private medical records - right wing, racist, pro apartheid thugs. Healthcare workers for a free Palestine called it out with a tasty blockade a while ago. Nice!

rydm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Extremely worrying that the mistakes( if that’s what they were)of Blair’s government and their leaning towards the private sector have not be learned by the present government. Labour ministers being sponsored by American healthcare companies money. Part or full Privatisation NO

immunetune.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Run away!

chizzy83.bsky.social•1 day ago

You talk about Chinese spying on what you are doing Palantir I think is in same boat . It all about the power of data in the wrong hands

alanlawlor.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The Trump admin, the far-right and the tech-bro oligarchs are a far bigger threat (than China or Russia) to The West’s security and democracy

chizzy83.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Data is the power and The tech bros want everybody’s data to control everybody

robin-debowler.bsky.social•1 day ago

I call on this country to ditch our dirty politics Peter ?
Citocracy anybody.

jasonroberts3114.bsky.social•1 day ago

The US military has a long history with Palantir, & was stridently stepping away from them when the outrageous cost & business model (selling your own data back to you) was understood. Only under the Trump admin have they been forced to re-establish a relationship. Don’t touch them with a barge pole

mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social•20 hours ago

https://forbes.co.il/e/the-data-queen-meet-the-israeli-ambassador-of-wall-streets-fastest-growing-company/

bradkieser.bsky.social•1 day ago

We don't want Peter Thiel anywhere near our data. This stinks of corruption.

sheadapts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Deal with the devil.

joenoonan.bsky.social•1 day ago

NATO says it is also buying Palantir.

timlagor.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Substack is still a fascist problem

tish1.bsky.social•1 day ago

““The government needs to move away from Palantir, not invest more of our tax money to promote a company that benefits no one but itself,”

I look forward to hearing the response from the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Please keep pursuing this very worrying case.

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir - founded by Trump donor Peter Thiel - has a £330M NHS contract

Last week Democracy for Sale revealed that most English hospitals aren't using Palantir's software - because it's not good enough

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-nhs-data-platform-rejected-hospitals

lovemilan.bsky.social•9 hours ago

But its good enough to harvest our personal data and at some date in the future use it against us.
Time the Pay Pal mafia were removed completely from democratic countries.
Leys not forget Thiel financed and promoted Vance to be Turnips running mate.
1/2

lovemilan.bsky.social•9 hours ago

2/2
And his house guru is Curtis Yalvin of turning poor people into bio fuel fame and the Dark Enlightenment.

mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social•20 hours ago

All 5 founders should be 'known' to ALL OF US.

Joe Lonsdale
Alex Karp
Stephen Cohen
Nathan Gettings
Peter Theil

They ALL have ONE thing in common.

But apparently that's a 'trope'.

https://forbes.co.il/e/the-data-queen-meet-the-israeli-ambassador-of-wall-streets-fastest-growing-company/

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

To encourage NHS hospitals to take up Palantir, government signed an £8 million deal with consultancy giant KPMG to "promote" its "adoption"

So we sent a Freedom of Information request for KPMG's reports and briefings to Wes Streeting

Four months later, gov't still withholding the information

finl3y.bsky.social•1 day ago

Streeting sits on any info under FOI. He’s such disingenuous little shirker

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Responding to the refusal to release information to Democracy for Sale, Labour MP @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social, who previously sat on the health select committee, called on the government to “overhaul its procurement processes before another disastrous contract is signed with Palantir.”

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

As Spotlight on Corruption's @suehawley.bsky.social says “KPMG’s contract raises a real question: if [Palantir’s] software is so good, why does the government need to give £8 million of taxpayers’ money to a management consultancy to encourage NHS hospitals to use it?”

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir is *very* close to the Trump White House.

It's been building access in Westminster. Peter Mandelson’s Global Counsel has advised Palantir, and the company has hired several former politicians, including ex-Tory Defence Minister Leo Docherty.

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/conservative-defence-minister-joins-trump-thiel-palantir

sisbromcdudeho.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe it’s time to ask Peter Mandelson and/or Global Counsel about Palantir and their relationship with Thiel.

oliviamlondon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Palantir is corrupt AF, racist apartheid genocidal part of the Fascist oligarchy. We pushed back on Musk via Tesla, now let’s dismantle Palantir. Nasty bro tech. UK healthcare workers know and are properly pissed off. Healthcare workers for free Palestine blockade in London. More of this please.

mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social•20 hours ago

It's also VERY CLOSE to Israel

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’ve asked Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate the health department's refusal to release information about KPMG's £8million Palantir contract

We will keep pushing this case - and many others

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eliseflynn.bsky.social•1 day ago

emoaustin.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Palantir: a hotline to evil incarnate.

andrewstones.com•1 day ago

I know this is serious, and I applaud the journalism… but as a sidebar: ‘Peter Mandelson’s Global Council’ sounds like something from Thunderbirds, and ‘Palantir’ like a kid’s name for a dinosaur. Are our wannabe-ruler chumps deliberately styling themselves to seem ridiculous, to avoid scrutiny?

april-red-rabbit.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Because money talks. There’s a move to privatize everything, even basic needs.

joeyheroin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Surely the NHS software/computing capabilities should be done by a british company? you'd be mental to let anyone else do it.

dickiedavies.bsky.social•1 day ago

KPMG are also scum

samarbetmouni.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

smurfocide.bsky.social•1 day ago

“assess the public interest”? There’s 338 million pounds worth of public interest! Even before Thiels shady outfit enters the discussion. This is a text-book case of public interest.

Is Boris Johnson now the new yard stick for UK government behaviour?

freddies.bsky.social•1 day ago

If they don't ditch them we'll know for certain that the Labour leadership are selling out .

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