Palantir · United Kingdom · The Guardian Technology
Watch out for the Disc, Mosley warned, the dissent-crushing “distributed idea suppression complex” consisting of “armies of fact
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Here was a force more powerful than the Spanish inquisition.
Key facts
- Mosley has embraced the foundational idea of Palantir, launched after 9/11 to help the US win the war on terror — He had a spell working on strategy at the bank Santander, before being hired by Palantir in 2016, rising to lead its now 700-strong UK and Europe operation in a chic exposed brick headquarters
- By 2023, Palantir had signed a seven-year £330m deal with NHS England to provide its Foundry system to enable the creation of a federated data platform
- The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, recently pointed out the parallel to the “blackshirt” garb of Oswald Mosley’s followers
Summary
The hall was packed with rightwing radicals when Louis Mosley heralded a coming revolution. It was not a typical peroration for a big UK government contractor with more than £600m in deals with the NHS, the Ministry of Defence and police. Calls are growing for Keir Starmer’s government to cut its ties with the company that was co-founded by the Trump-backing tech billionaire Peter Thiel. It means Mosley has become a lightning rod for public fear of a US tech takeover of the British state. Mosley’s Cromwell speech, which was delivered in 2025, came at a rally organised by the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, a convening organisation of the west-must-win libertarian Christian right. Watch out for the Disc, Mosley warned, the dissent-crushing “distributed idea suppression complex” consisting of “armies of fact checkers and experts”, activists, lawyers, academics and journalists.