Only the tip of the iceberg
#epstein
Yet, the same convicted sex offender who received state secrets from #Mandelson, was simultaneously a co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter #Thiel – the billionaire founder of defence analytics giant #Palantir Technologies, which now holds more than £670 million in #UK Government contracts spanning nuclear weapons systems, #NHS patient records, Ministry of #Defence operations, and police intelligence databases.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/

Only the tip of the iceberg
#epstein
Yet, the same convicted sex offender who received state secrets from #Mandelson, was simultaneously a co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter #Thiel – the billionaire founder of defence analytics giant #Palantir Technologies, which now holds more than £670 million in #UK Government contracts spanning nuclear weapons systems, #NHS patient records, Ministry of #Defence operations, and police intelligence databases.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/

"Ministers have accepted $1m (£728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government’s “alarmingly close relationship with Trump-supporting US tech giants”."

How can ANYBODY who is not being actively bribed or blackmailed think this is a good idea for UK national security?!

#UKPol #AI #Defence #Transport

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation

"Ministers have accepted $1m (£728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government’s “alarmingly close relationship with Trump-supporting US tech giants”."

How can ANYBODY who is not being actively bribed or blackmailed think this is a good idea for UK national security?!

#UKPol #AI #Defence #Transport

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation

A positive take on the new security threat from Robin McAlpine. He makes a lot of sense as usual.
#Politics #Defence #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal
New security environment is a boost for independence, not a threat http://robinmcalpine.org/new-security-environment-is-a-boost-for-independence-not-a-threat/

A positive take on the new security threat from Robin McAlpine. He makes a lot of sense as usual.
#Politics #Defence #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal
New security environment is a boost for independence, not a threat http://robinmcalpine.org/new-security-environment-is-a-boost-for-independence-not-a-threat/

European Parliament calls for an operational EU mutual #defence clause https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-calls-for-an-operational-eu-mutual-defence-clause/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40euractiv_politics%40eupolicy.social

European Parliament calls for an operational EU mutual #defence clause https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-calls-for-an-operational-eu-mutual-defence-clause/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40euractiv_politics%40eupolicy.social

"The first duty of a government is to keep its people safe. And in today’s unpredictable world, that won’t be achieved by clinging to outdated ideas about security, or cowering at Trump’s feet in the hopes that he will protect us"

Green Party leader Zack Polanski writes in the New Statesman

#Trump #Greenland #UKPolitics #Security #Defence

Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain - New Statesman
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/trumps-threat-to-greenland-must-be-a-wake-up-call-for-britain

"The first duty of a government is to keep its people safe. And in today’s unpredictable world, that won’t be achieved by clinging to outdated ideas about security, or cowering at Trump’s feet in the hopes that he will protect us"

Green Party leader Zack Polanski writes in the New Statesman

#Trump #Greenland #UKPolitics #Security #Defence

Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain - New Statesman
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/trumps-threat-to-greenland-must-be-a-wake-up-call-for-britain

Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal

—> Yes, let’s give open Nazis control over “critical strategic, tactical and live operational decision making across classifications”

https://www.politico.eu/article/palantir-lands-biggest-ever-uk-defense-deal/

#UK #UKPol #Starmer #Palantir #Infosec #Defence #Geopolitics #Fascism

Like NZ, the Eurozone has been cosplaying at defence since WW2;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/575543/europe-worries-it-s-already-at-war-and-america-hasn-t-noticed

Buying US cast-offs that aren't strategically useful in their context, and relying on the US as world police, so never expecting to have to actually use the junk in a live defence situation.

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#EU #defence

A very good issue of the European Correspondent this morning, nice and clear overview of the new European #defence roadmap, #Readiness2030 , plus where is Western Europe actually? Visualised in a trademark beautiful graphic. Also, problems in Georgia, and maybe some hope from Cyprus.

https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/qx33kj8tcubzccki3dw0q1jjjhxmf8mj4jxck0s8w6mb/2866

A very good issue of the European Correspondent this morning, nice and clear overview of the new European #defence roadmap, #Readiness2030 , plus where is Western Europe actually? Visualised in a trademark beautiful graphic. Also, problems in Georgia, and maybe some hope from Cyprus.

https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/qx33kj8tcubzccki3dw0q1jjjhxmf8mj4jxck0s8w6mb/2866

"From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield"

"Some European governments are now wondering if reviving ailing bogs can solve several problems at once. Finland and Poland told POLITICO they were actively exploring bog restoration as a multipurpose measure to defend their borders and fight climate change."

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-defense-kyiv-ukraine-nato-eu-bogs-poland-war-germany/

#wetlands #restoration #defence