So that's now two (at least) big Labour figures - Tom Watson and Peter Mandelson - taking money from Palantir to help it sink its teeth further into the NHS.
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Seems they all swim in the same swamp!
It can't be that hard!!
Corbyn would have prevented them from lining their own pockets at our expense.
Questionable associations.
What isn't Objective Facts & Logic:
Ascribing motivations with no evidence provided whatsoever.
"[Peter Mandelson & Tom Watson] are taking money from Palantir to help it sink its teeth further into the NHS" is debatably Sophistry. Ironic
https://youtu.be/Qf03U04rqGQ?si=jfXiMZ-krD0pblqC
Baron Watson of Wyre Forest have plenty New Labour leftovers squirrelled away ready to drop by Sir Kiers' brogued feet.
Slightly rancid with age now though.
Democracy 2024. Funny old game innit?
― Noam Chomsky (adapted)
Probably should have said England that UK!
It is the billionaire party.
Of course billionaires fall out with each other bitterly (and form factions) but ultimately they will put the interests of the billionaire class above everything else.
They desperately need to do this, and there are very few, if any, companies out there that can deliver this.
Karp & Thiel are not my favourites, but Palantir deliver.
They are very good at what they do. That doesn't mean you can trust them a micrometre.
I don’t make any decisions about this, just have a view.
Unless you think that Bluesky is also somewhere people can’t discuss things?
That's limited thinking. See this thread.
https://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3lb3fn23vrc2b
Joining up over 265 different computer systems dealing with 250 million patient contact details per year in 4 devolved nations so that those records are accessible where needed for the patient to get the best care.
GDS was never a thing until it was.
There is no way the NHS would get anywhere near that for just one person to build an IT system, and keep employing them, let alone the full team needed.
Let alone the bonuses/share options etc available.
Prepare for a huge sell off, of public assets:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23805719.jim-murphy-praises-keir-starmer-business-links/
Palantir are a nightmare
My original remark was aimed at the politicians (but that was obvs not clear)
Lets trade bodies lobby but heavily tax any individual major company that employs politicians or their advisors?
UK government: We need to get rid of this pesky GDPR to sell off our NHS data to America……….queue lots of false stories about exaggerated issues with NHS and information sharing. 🙄