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Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir contract be scrapped (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Should never have gotten close to a contract. Whoever greenlit it was either a complete idiot or heavily bribed.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Why not both?

[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 hour ago

I'm gonna go out on a whim here and guess it was during the Tory government. Having said that, Palantir do seem to have a worryingly high amount of support from the current administration.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Whoever greenlit it was either a complete idiot or heavily bribed.

Sounds like Streeting.