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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50M Metropolitan police deal with Palantir
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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Scotland Yard are saying that unless they're allowed to spend £50m on Palantir, they'll have to reduce officer numbers? I can't see their logic.
This... sounds like a win-win? Oh no, not fewer police and no palantir....
It's just a way to pressure dumbass politicians into agreeing to give them the money.
It's all tactics
"If you don't let us expand the police state we'll reduce the police state even further"