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Irish government steps up its funding of genocide-backing Palantir

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:12 July 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

Micheál Martin’s toxic government has doubled down on backing one of the world’s most nakedly criminal corporations, by allowing the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) to increase its shares in the murderous Palantir. The Ditch reports the following: The Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) held 22,073 shares in Palantir valued at €3.34 million at the end of 2025, according to the National Treasury Management Agency’s (NTMA) annual report published yesterday. ISIF’s annual report for the previous year showed a lower holding of 13,060 shares, for a total of just under €1 million euros. So as Palantir’s appalling activities have become increasingly…

Cross-party MPs urge Labour to drop £330m Palantir NHS contract

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:10 July 2026
Post last modified:11 July 2026

Yet another parliamentary oversight committee has urged the Labour government to drop its multimillion-pound NHS contract with Palantir. The controversial firm’s contract is valued at £330 million. The health and social care select committee joins the science and technology committee in shunning Palantir. The latter stated the need for the government to find alternative technology partnerships in June. The allegedly war-criminal US spyware firm is steadily working into the UK’s National Health Service. It claims to provide streamlining technology and data services, but MPs cite “serious mistrust”. Critics accuse the notorious spy-tech company of enabling genocide in Palestine and powering ICE’s…

Palantir is feeling heat from the NHS, but will lobbied politicians listen?

Post author:Nandita Lal
Post published:7 July 2026
Post last modified:8 July 2026

Lib Dem MP Martin Wrigley told the Canary last week that the NHS will consider whether to exit its contract with Palantir at the end of this year. Wrigley added that he would be helping to create an “off-ramp” to help the NHS detach from Palantir. In 2023, Palantir was awarded the £330 million NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) contract, covering up to 240 NHS bodies over seven years. The initial term ends in February 2027 and promises to deliver an integrated system where NHS organisations, up to 240 health bodies, can share operational data. Palantir’s NHS sales pitch Palantir clients…

Palantir wins contract to manage UK’s guns, explosives, and poisons

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Far-right AI war firm Palantir has won yet another UK contract. This time the genocide-linked company’s software will manage guns, explosives, and even poisons held by the British state. The news comes as the UK’s tech committee urged the government to pull the plug on Palantir’s takeover of vast areas of UK infrastructure. Tech website The Register reported on 4 June: Palantir has secured a £9 million ($12 million) government contract to provide software for managing firearms licensing across the UK. And: The US spy-tech biz will also handle Home Office licensing for explosives, explosive precursors, and poisons. The contract covers…

Supervillain Palantir has had a terrible week in UK Parliament

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

The past week in Parliament has seen two major blows for AI-peddler Palantir. In a highly unusual Commons debate, MPs including Jeremy Corbyn laid bare the links that disgraced ambassador Peter Mandelson forged between the UK government and the authoritarian US tech company. Mandelson lost his position after his ties to pedophile ringleader Jeffrey Epstein came to light. In a blow to PM Keir Starmer, it later transpired that Mandelson was handed the ambassadorial post in spite of failing his security vetting. Meanwhile, an influential cross-party science committee condemned the public sector’s increasing reliance of Palantir’s AI as placing the UK…

MPs warn Palantir influence over British state is ‘unacceptable point of weakness’

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:4 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

MPs from the influential science committee have warned AI war firm Palantir’s increasing power over the UK state is an “unacceptable weakness”. The committee also noted the firm, which is very close to the current Keir Starmer government, espouses openly far-right politics. The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee urged the government to: exercise the 2027 break clause in the NHS Federated Data Platform Contract with Palantir and either develop an in-house replacement or seek an alternative UK provider. The MPs also rejected the idea Palantir was the only firm capable of providing services the UK needs: The report argues that vendor…

Palantir gets to decide what weapons Britain should buy

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:2 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

UK ministers and generals are using Palantir software to decide which Palantir products to buy. By modelling battles through the far-right tech firm’s Foundry software, officials hope to outsource thinking … then again, thinking has rarely been our governments’ strong suit. Anyway, the Murdoch-owned Times reported on 1 June: The US tech firm Palantir is helping ministers and military chiefs decide what weapons to invest in so they can win a war against the likes of Russia, it is understood. A senior military source told the paper: The CIA-backed firm evaluates force mixes — such as the balance of drones versus…

Palantir deal could hand your personal data to Trump administration

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:1 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

A scandalous deal between hard-right AI war firm Palantir and the UK’s financial authority could hand the Trump administration your personal data. Meanwhile, campaigners and MPs say that the deal with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) must prove that sensitive information will not fall into Trump’s hands. On 1 June, the Guardian reported: A US law that can oblige tech companies to disclose information to American authorities may apply to Palantir’s deal to help the Financial Conduct Authority detect crime. House of Commons science and technology select committee Martin Wrigley MP delivered the warning. He was quoted by the Guardian saying that…

Conservative cronies urge Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan for actually doing his job

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:27 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Former Conservative attorney-general Michael Ellis KC has suggested that US tech giant Palantir could have grounds to sue London mayor Sadiq Khan. The news follows Khan blocking a £50m deal between the shady AI firm and the Metropolitan police. Back on 22 April, the Guardian reported that Palantir was negotiating the supply of AI tools to the Met police for use in criminal investigations. The talks sparked fears within both the public and the force itself over allowing the US company access to sensitive data. However, on 21 May, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) exercised its power to block…

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Met police in row over £50m Palantir deal

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

London mayor Sadiq Khan has royally annoyed the Met Police after he blocked a £50m deal to hand the cops Palantir technology. Palantir is the genocide-linked AI war firm which has won major military and NHS contracts. Palantir’s founders have openly espoused a far-right ideology. The Guardian reported: After the UK’s largest police force had agreed to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, Khan intervened, citing “serious concerns” about how the deal had been struck. The mayor’s office said there had been a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules and said police had only seriously…