UK Government Kicks Out Palantir

82 points by robin_reala 5 hours ago on hackernews | 13 comments

RealCodingOtaku | 4 hours ago

Good, now let's drop the Palantir's contract with NHS.

: sonu27 | 4 hours ago
This is what I thought this post was about originally

I mean it’s a big reach to use that title for the actual content, but a good find nevertheless

Id originally thought the nhs contract covered the whole UK, but the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales arent covered

I honestly feel an English assembly covering NHS wouldnt of allowed it

fmajid | 4 hours ago

For all practical purposes Westminster is also the English Assembly, so there is no reason to believe a putative devolved English Assembly would have decided otherwise. Now, a devolved Northern English Assembly, that would be far more interesting.

: fiftyacorn | 4 hours ago
Sort of but then you have the west lothian question, about Scottish or Welsh MPs voting on English issues. For instance these MPs should never have voted on student loans

altmanaltman | 4 hours ago

The title makes it seem like they're personally escorting Alex Karp away from the UK to his Colorado monastery.

ZiiS | 4 hours ago

Replacing one tiny contract, on what sound like performance criteria, is not close to kicking them out.

: sanjayjc | 4 hours ago
Exactly. It wasn't obvious until I read the linked BBC article [1] that:
"Millions of pounds have been saved by replacing a Palantir IT system which helps to find homes for Ukrainian refugees with one built by its own experts"
It is noteworthy that a government department decided it could meet its requirements without a 3rd party provider. Could be the start of a trend but a wholesale move away from PLTR this isn't.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o

oldfuture | 4 hours ago

70 points in 45 minutes and not on the frontpage anymore? anyone minds to explain why?

: r721 | 4 hours ago
Dupe? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48142251

pu_pe | 4 hours ago

UK Government Kicks Out Palantir*

*in one specific contract

tomhow | 3 hours ago

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48142251.