UK Government Kicks Out Palantir(shkspr.mobi)
81 pointsby robin_reala5 hours ago7 comments
  • ZiiS4 hours ago
    Replacing one tiny contract, on what sound like performance criteria, is not close to kicking them out.
    • sanjayjc4 hours ago
      Exactly. It wasn't obvious until I read the linked BBC article [1] that:

      "Millions of pounds have been saved by replacing a Palantir IT system which helps to find homes for Ukrainian refugees with one built by its own experts"

      It is noteworthy that a government department decided it could meet its requirements without a 3rd party provider. Could be the start of a trend but a wholesale move away from PLTR this isn't.

      [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o

  • altmanaltman4 hours ago
    The title makes it seem like they're personally escorting Alex Karp away from the UK to his Colorado monastery.
  • pu_pe4 hours ago
    UK Government Kicks Out Palantir*

    *in one specific contract

  • RealCodingOtaku4 hours ago
    Good, now let's drop the Palantir's contract with NHS.
    • sonu274 hours ago
      This is what I thought this post was about originally
  • petesergeant4 hours ago
    I mean it’s a big reach to use that title for the actual content, but a good find nevertheless
    • fiftyacorn4 hours ago
      Id originally thought the nhs contract covered the whole UK, but the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales arent covered

      I honestly feel an English assembly covering NHS wouldnt of allowed it

      • fmajid4 hours ago
        For all practical purposes Westminster is also the English Assembly, so there is no reason to believe a putative devolved English Assembly would have decided otherwise. Now, a devolved Northern English Assembly, that would be far more interesting.
        • fiftyacorn4 hours ago
          Sort of but then you have the west lothian question, about Scottish or Welsh MPs voting on English issues. For instance these MPs should never have voted on student loans
  • oldfuture4 hours ago
    70 points in 45 minutes and not on the frontpage anymore? anyone minds to explain why?