The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir
Another MP known to oppose the company is Clive Lewis, a vocal supporter of Burnham’s ascension to Downing Street. “By taking on contracts across the NHS, policing, defense, and other public services, Palantir followed a coordinated strategy to embed themselves deeper and deeper into the British state,” he tells WIRED. “This leaves us dangerously exposed to the whims of a shady spy tech company that operates under the laws of the US, not our own.”
But on the other side, there are plenty of politicians and advisors close to Burnham who quietly advocate for the firm’s work in the UK. One of those is Varun Chandra, the man chiefly in charge of maintaining the relationship between Westminster and Big Tech, who has been kept in position by Andy Burnham.
Chandra made his name working for a corporate intelligence turned venture capital firm called Hakluyt When Chandra rose to managing partner...
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