In his 2009 essay for Cato Unbound #Thiel declared, “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Seventeen years later, Palantir, seed-funded by the CIA in 2005, appears to be intent on dismantling both.

When the wolf tells you he is going to eat the flock, then then don’t the flock vote for the people who want to give them the keys to the fold.

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/30/decoding-the-technofascist-tendency-in-palantirs-manifesto/

#AI #Palentir #Labour #Autocracy #Facism #UkPol #Blair #Ellison

#Blair is living in the past

#OwenJones

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/XIzcfGOiOho

"The most tiresome aspect of the whole business is the pretense that Blair is speaking for himself and offering his deep thoughts on the state of the world, informed by his experience of high office. Even those who question the value of his ideas are only willing to say that Blair may be out of touch with contemporary Britain.

The reality, as everyone knows full well, is that Blair has offered his Institute for Global Change as a glorified advertising billboard for its wealthy funders. The tech billionaire and Trump ally Larry Ellison gave Blair’s vanity project $130 million between 2021 and 2023, and pledged another $218 million by the end of 2025.

That largesse enabled the institute to increase its number of staff dramatically, from two hundred to nearly a thousand. Every time Blair rails against net-zero targets or gushes about the virtues of AI, he is reading out a sponsored message from Ellison and his other funding sources.

That is just one of several ways in which Blair has sold his services as a mouthpiece to the highest bidder. It is a form of journalistic malpractice to report on Blair’s call for greater subservience to the Trump administration without mentioning his intimate role in Trump’s grotesque scheme to transform Gaza into a real estate opportunity for his son-in-law Jared Kushner and assorted cronies."

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/blair-british-politics-tech-billionaires

#UK #Blair #Neoliberalism #Cronysm #Trump #Starmer #BigTech

Adnkronos - ultimoratop: Catania, Trantino: "Città sulla quale scommettere"

(Adnkronos) - Il sindaco alla presentazione del progetto 'In-genium' di Maire

United Kingdom: Starmer, I don’t share much of Blair’s criticism of the government.

May 28 18:23 - (Agenzia Nova) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer responded to the criticism of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, defending... (Rel)

#UnitedKingdom #Starmer #Blair #AgenziaNova #British #KeirStarmer #TonyBlair

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a186cac11b632.07553035/7439313/2026-05-28/regno-unito-starmer-non-condivido-gran-parte-delle-critiche-di-blair-al-governo

Fair comment! John Crace has taken on is alter ego - as a reporter.

‘It’s been far, far too long since you have last heard from me. You’ve all been lost in the political wilderness. Bereft without your spiritual leader. Worry no longer. I am back. To comfort and hold you all. To shine a light into your sad little worlds. All I’ve ever wanted is to serve. And to be loved.’ [And make loads of dosh] - my addition

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/27/tony-blair-labour-essay-digested-read-john-crace

#Blair #Satire #JohnCrace