This is the fourth week in a row that @allthecitizens newsletter has majored in herd immunity.
This week the realisation of what the govt is doing finally broke through. And yet there's no way to stop it. Despite the collective horror of the international scientific community.
What we are seeing tomorrow is not Freedom Day. It's #UnFreedomDay. It's a day on which the powers of unreason & untruth will triumph. A triumph that will kill people you know. And leave 10s of 10000s with a debilitating, long-term condition.
It's what happens when a government has a reckless disregard for truth, facts, expertise. When it rides roughshod over norms & institutions. When there is no way of holding it to account.
This is not a separate problem from the 152k dead. It *is* the problem.
We've worked with @dgurdasani for 2 months to investigate the spread of the Delta variant in schools & the govt's cover-up.
A herd immunity by mass infection strategy in all but name.
This week, we literally staged an intervention. Britain, the addict destroying not only its own health, but that of everyone around the world. We brought together an amazing panel of international scientists who told us our govt's strategy is 'murderous'
It made headlines in Britain & around the world. The world is watching us with horror. But what now?
Even Prof Whitty says it's 'scary'. Scarier still when people who should speak up, don't.
We are entering the unknown. We're doing what we can. It's not enough. But if you're able to support our work, we can & will do more 🙏 crowdfunder.co.uk/the-citizens
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/
Congrats to all the news orgs that signed syndication deals with this company. You’ve licensed your journalism to be a core component of Trump’s illegal war machine. Great job everyone 👏
A special shoutout to the editor-in-chief & CEO of the Guardian, Kath Viner & Anna Bateson. The deal with OpenAI was an unforced error which legitimised OpenAI’s illegal scraping of Guardian data & IP. In exchange for a quick buck. The NYTimes, in contrast, chose to sue.
Anthropic stood up to Trump. But OpenAI has capitulated. And now all its ‘partners’ are complicit in the consequences.
That includes Guardian. It will financially benefit from its journalists’ work - inc mine - being used to support Trump’s illegal wars & ICE’s reign of terror.
PREDICTION: If Andrew is charged (no assumption of guilt etc), we are going to have a crisis of both the press & judiciary.
In Britain, it is an offence to publish ANY info on defendant beyond bare facts.
But! US outlets can print whatever they like…
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Contempt of court is foundational principle of British justice: press must not prejudice a jury trial.
Editors risk a prison sentence if found in breach.
Even in digital age, the law held…but how could it possibly withstand deluge of US coverage in a case like this??
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Short answer: it won’t. Far right agitator Tommy Robinson weaponised UK laws on contempt as a ‘cover up’ over grooming scandal. And the New Yorker ignored & published on Lucy Letby.
If Andrew is charged, it’ll trigger a crisis for both the press & judiciary
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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 1/
Palantir’s stated mission is to defend America. Peter Thiel is a radical libertarian who does not believe ‘freedom & democracy are compatible’.
Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts. 2/
Please read the piece with comments from tech & national security experts.
We have no national security while we rely on highly political US Silicon Valley firms that are enmeshed in Trump’s increasing fascistic administration. 3/