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BBC Radio 4 - Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, Tom Watson: Don't bow to 'mob rule' on Palantir

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BBC Radio 4 - Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, Tom Watson: Don't bow to 'mob rule' on Palantir

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UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 26 days ago

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The former Labour deputy leader on joining the controversial tech firm to lobby ministers.

Tom Watson - former Labour MP, former deputy leader of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn, and life peer - defends his current employer Palantir.

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I noticed that Clive Lewis challenged Tom Watson to a public debate about Palantir which I thought was quite funny.

Clive said:

He can defend Palantir’s ethos, while I set out the case for democratic control and public accountability.

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