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Feb 5 10 tweets 4 min read
Here’s @ZackPolanski on @BBCNewsnight last night pointing out that there are serious questions to be asked about Palantir’s UK state contracts

The Nerve’s investigation reveals the extent of these contracts and maps the major figures in Peter Thiel’s network. Catch up 🧵👇 2/10
@carolecadwalla, @CharlieNotOld and Max Colbert reporters that Peter Thiel’s defence and surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency Image
Jan 31 7 tweets 3 min read
NEW What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla argues that the UK will be next- & we map Thiel’s network/🧵
thenerve.news/p/technofascis…Graphic showing Peter Thiel - chair of Palantir Technologies - and some of the powerful figures in his network including Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Peter Mandelson, Steve Bannon 🧵2/

Infographic research / captions by @charlienotold

Design by Lynsey Irvine Caption info for graphic (1) SILICON VALLEY Mark Zuckerberg – Thiel was Facebook’s first outside investor, giving Zuckerberg $500,000 for 10% of the company in 2004. They have remained close friends and allies since. Alex Karp – Thiel and Karp first met at Stanford University and have been friends for 30 years. Karp has been CEO of Palantir Technologies since 2004. Larry Ellison – the US billionaire’s business relationship with Thiel dates back to 2017. Ellison’s tech company Oracle announced a strategic AI partnership with Palantir in July 2024 to deliver AI military "solutions"....
Nov 23, 2025 20 tweets 9 min read
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the ex-Ukip/Reform politician and close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over ten years for taking multiple bribes via a handler from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story..🧵⬇️ Image 2/ So we made a timeline of Gill's pro-Russian political activities, what each of his 8 charges related to, the police evidence and the context. For this piece of service journalism, we went back to the profession's roots! We produced a pamphlet to hand out at the Old Bailey... Image
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Nov 21, 2025 14 tweets 4 min read
NEW: Former Brexit MEP/Reform politician Nathan Gill is sentenced to ten and a half years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Details revealed in court raise questions about Nigel Farage’s claim that Gill was "one bad apple". WhatsApp messages show Gill sought to recruit other Brexit/Reform MEPs to make pro-Kremlin statements & that his handler took direct orders from Putin ally Viktor Medvedchuk Image