The fall of Tom Watson (sorry, Baron Tom Watson of Wyre Forest) from the MP who got Rupert Murdoch to shut News of the World, rallied against Cambridge Analytic to - UK Senior Vice President at #Palantir Technologies - is one of the more astonishing in UK politics. He used to follow me on Twitter - and even took my prized selfies of me, him, Jeremy Corbyn and Steve Coogan in 2015. But his job now is to challenge what he calls the 'propaganda' attacking Palantir in its goal to take over the UK state infrastructure (& every state).. When your founder tells the world 'evil is good actually because at least it shows effort' he's got his work cut out… "Watson wasn’t someone I just sat on a few panels next to. I’d considered him an essential ally during those years… I was genuinely gobsmacked… How could someone go from Silicon Valley-data-surveillance-technologies-are-a-threat-to-democracy to pass-me-my-pay-cheque-please?" @carolecadwalla.bsky.social https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-real-ai-rogue-agent-lord