Congratulations to @Telegraph for ‘revealing’ information that has been on @IndependentSAGE website since day 17 months ago. Give yourself a Pulitzer
Oh no, sorry, @telegraph. That’s me. You missed my nomination off your bio I notice. ‘Peddling conspiracy theories’ 😂
Oh dear! Hear you had to take the piece down because you didn’t go to me, @IndependentSage or @allthecitizens for comment. Here you go
In the interests of fairness & accuracy, could you also please amend your description to ‘Brexit conspiracy theorist & Pulitzer finalist’? Many thanks
Lol. I see @telegraph has now committed journalism. It put article back up *after* going to @IndependentSage for comment😂. You’ll note only HALF my quote included. Also sources close to Indie SAGE’s spokesman reveal he actually said: ‘Yes my comment is that this article is shit’
In Wales, we say ‘chwarae teg’ - fair play - when you have to hand it to someone. So bravo to @edwardmalnick & @Telegraph. I have no idea how you cracked this impenetrable mystery but chwarae teg
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A new investigation by @thenerve_news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption. 1/
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Palantir recruited the two most senior AI strategists from the Ministry of Defence & NHS…& won multimillion £ contracts with both, a pattern repeated across the UK govt. 2/
NEW: I’ve found an opaque financial vehicle owns a large chunk of the Observer. And neither it or the Guardian will say who it is. Why?
Well there is a clue. Which goes by way of Saudi Arabia… 1/
The capture of US media orgs is accelerating. And the UK is next in line. The BBC has fallen to an AI hype guy. And my old newspaper, the Observer, is publishing Palantir puff pieces.
Distracted by the slaughter of children in Iran & Lebanon? Me too! But what better time could there be for govt to quietly relaunch its Digital ID plan?
Missed it? Me too! But look who’s celebrating…
The director of ‘govt innovation’ at the Tony Blair Institute! 1/
The govt noisily scrapped Digital ID after huge pushback when nobody bought its ‘it’ll solve immigration’ bollocks. But as markets tanked last week - kudos to the comms team! - it was discreetly re-launched with all-new messaging: a ‘common sense solution to everyday probs’
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Darren Jones, Cabinet Office secretary, put out a press release claiming the govt will be holding a ‘consultation’.
NOT: ‘Do you want the govt & unknown tech companies to have all your data?’
BUT: (I kid you not): ‘At what age should you be able to get a digital id?’ 🤔 3/