Why has Patrick Vallance, former Counsellor at the Tony Blair Institute, been appointed to head the UK's new AI Taskforce? Inside the UK's quiet AI government overhaul 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/at-the-cen...

Antonia Romeo held an introductory meeting with Palantir's Louis Mosley. She now co-leads the UK's new AI Taskforce. Inside the UK's Quiet AI Government Overhaul: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/at-the-cen...

At the head of the government's new AI Taskforce are people with notable ties to US tech firms. What does this signal about Burnham's approach to AI? citizensreunited.substack.com/p/at-the-cen...

The abolition of the DSIT initially looked like a demotion. Now it appears to be something far more consequential. 👀 Inside the UK's AI government overhaul, from @mc00.bsky.social and @charlienotold.bsky.social 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/at-the-cen...

The people or Palantir? Leading campaigners including @justtreatment.org and @openrightsgroup.org set out their non-negotiables for Burnham 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-people...

"As an urgent, bare-minimum first step, Burnham must cancel Palantir's deeply controversial contract,” @justtreatment.org What will it be, Burnham? Tech campaigners lay out their non-negotiables for the new PM Read it here: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-people...

For too long, Britain has served Big Tech billionaires at the expense of ordinary people. In tomorrow's newsletter we speak to leading campaign groups including @justtreatment.org and @openrightsgroup.org to set out a blueprint for Burnham Subscribe 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe

Homes can wait but data centres can’t, apparently Why government is putting AI infrastructure first and how communities are pushing back 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-04...

From Banks' meetings with Russian officials to Gill's conviction and Cottrell's funding of Farage, the same blind spots have been exploited for more than a decade. It's time Britain looked at the whole picture. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-scanda...

Cottrell, Farage, Banks and Gill. What connects these scandals is a system that has never properly reckoned with foreign influence. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-scanda...

The US' monopoly has locked us into a tech ecosystem built by - and increasingly for - a country holding our geopolitical feet to the fire. This week in The Eye: NATO, military satellites and Europe's bid to build an off ramp from Silicon Valley tech. Link ⤵️ (1/2)

One of the world's most politically connected tech companies wants us to believe that deciding who builds critical national infrastructure isn't a political question. ICYMI: Palantir’s latest PR offensive and the desperate bid to redefine sovereignty 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/big-techs-...

And the resistance is growing. From France ditching Palantir's tools and Germany refusing military contracts to London, where Sadiq Khan blocked a police deal, governments are pushing back.

4/ Who's pushing back? But while their stranglehold on the US seems almost total, the future of these firms elsewhere is less certain. The erratic nature of Trump’s second term and mounting questions over Palantir's effectiveness are fuelling fresh calls for digital sovereignty.

Last week, Anduril and Palantir were announced as architects of a new programme Next Gen C2 - intended to act as the foundational data layer for all battlefield decisions. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-01...

Take Palmer Luckey, CEO of Thiel-backed defence company Anduril. Luckey says the firm's guiding strategy is "China27" — the assumption that China will move on Taiwan in 2027. "Anything we work on, anything we invest in" is built around that. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-01...

Attendees included NATO's top commander in Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, former UK security minister Tom Tugendhat and ARIA chair Matt Clifford. Both NATO and the UK’s MoD are spending hundreds of millions of pounds on Palantir’s AI war tools. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-01...

2/ How is necessity manufactured? 👇 Partly through elite networks. A recent leak exposed the secretive Dialog network, a private retreat for the world's rich and powerful. Topics included "Bringing Back Nuclear" and Navigating WWIII". citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-01...

1/ For two decades, Thiel has argued that liberal democracies are entering an age of permanent crisis. The solution, according to Thiel, is more AI, more surveillance and more defence tech. Conveniently, those are also the products they sell. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-01...

Peter Thiel is an empire builder. He doesn’t just build companies, he builds narratives that convince governments they can’t function without them. How is that sense of necessity manufactured? 🧵 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-01...

🚨 Huge news For the first time, a local authority in England has formally opposed Palantir's involvement in the NHS 🧵 1/4

The corporate capture of public services is just one front in a much bigger fight for democratic control of our infrastructure. 🚨 One week today, we're joining @volteuropa.org to ask: what would a genuinely democratic alternative look like? Register ⤵️ streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...

How did Palantir embed itself inside the British military? Through a shameless revolving door and a series of massive unadvertised contracts. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/palantirs-...

How Palantir captured the British military — a timeline How we fight back: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/palantirs-...

The corporate capture of our public services is part of a much bigger fight over who controls the infrastructure democracy now runs on. Let's discuss 👀 With @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @moonalice.com, @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org and Sophie in ’t Veld 🤓 Register 👉 tinyurl.com/58peefpu

As Health Secretary, Streeting deepened privatisation in the NHS, oversaw Palantir’s expansion and had an “intimate friendship” with Mandelson. Is this our next PM? Tomorrow’s edition lands in inboxes 👀 Get it here: citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe

And Sophie in ’t Veld, former MEP and one of Europe’s leading voices on digital rights and the rule of law. She now chairs the Advisory Council for the Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe. streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...

We’ll also hear from @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org - co-founder of Volt Netherlands and MEP. In Brussels, he works on European defence, treaty reform and regulating Big Tech. streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...

Also joining us is investor-turned-big-tech critic Roger McNamee @moonalice.com - an early Facebook investor who became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent critics. streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...

3/ We have an incredible panel joining us 👀 First up is @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - Citizens founder and investigative journalist exposing the nexus between political influence and Silicon Valley power. streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...