PALANTIR FIRE
Scotland Yard's Secret Deal With Spy Tech Firm At Centre Of Labour Sleaze Scandal
The unfolding lobbying scandal over how US spy tech firm Palantir got UK health and defence contracts worth over £700m does not stop with prime minister Sir Kier Starmer and his disgraced US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson.
Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is now also embroiled in the controversy after striking a deal with Palantir.
The deal was sealed behind closed doors and without political scrutiny despite international condemnation of Palantir’s lucrative partnership with the genocidal Israeli war machine operating in Palestine.
Late last month, the Met revealed it was trailing Palantir software in the hunt for bent cops and claimed the results were already looking good.
The Upsetter has learned that the Palantir contract followed a secret meeting between Rowley and Palantir executives in early January.
The contract price was kept under a financial threshold which meant it avoided any scrutiny by the elected representatives of Londoners, who go to the polls tomorrow in local elections.
This newsletter ran its own data analytics to find out who did what and for whom.
