Scotsman who believes that we should be in charge of our own destiny. European. HMFC
Midlothian, Scotland
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Brexit Britain is broken and broke.
Sure, it might hobble along for a bit longer but if ever there was a “country” in terminal decline then this is it.
So what are you going to do Scotland? Cling to the wreckage or start rebuilding from the ashes?
#YouYesYet?
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
New headlines suggest Palantir is staying put in the NHS for a while longer. Here’s why that shouldn’t happen ❌
Invite your MP to an event that will expose the truth about the spy-tech firm 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/ur…
Thankfully our Scottish Gov has not been so reckless with Scotland’s NHS.
🚨 Palantir entered the NHS for £1 during Covid.
Then it became a £23.5mn contract.
Then a £330mn contract.
Now ministers admit it is so deeply embedded that removing it would be too disruptive.
Whatever the original intention, this is textbook vendor lock-in: the customer becomes dependent upon the supplier, and dependency becomes the supplier’s greatest protection.
The proposed two-year extension must therefore be treated as an emergency extraction period, not another comfortable renewal.
During that time, the government must require:
• complete data portability and open standards;
• independent access to the system architecture;
• transfer of knowledge and skills to the NHS;
• a tested migration plan with firm deadlines;
• government step-in rights; and
• a procurement process that is not designed around Palantir’s existing product.
Palantir must not be allowed to shape the problem, define the requirements and then win again because only Palantir can satisfy them.
And calling the replacement “British” is meaningless unless Britain controls its intellectual property, technology and future development.
A £1 foothold has become national dependency.
That is not sovereignty and it is precisely why sovereignty is now necessary.
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
🚨 Palantir entered the NHS for £1 during Covid.
Then it became a £23.5mn contract.
Then a £330mn contract.
Now ministers admit it is so deeply embedded that removing it would be too disruptive.
Whatever the original intention, this is textbook vendor lock-in: the customer becomes dependent upon the supplier, and dependency becomes the supplier’s greatest protection.
The proposed two-year extension must therefore be treated as an emergency extraction period, not another comfortable renewal.
During that time, the government must require:
• complete data portability and open standards;
• independent access to the system architecture;
• transfer of knowledge and skills to the NHS;
• a tested migration plan with firm deadlines;
• government step-in rights; and
• a procurement process that is not designed around Palantir’s existing product.
Palantir must not be allowed to shape the problem, define the requirements and then win again because only Palantir can satisfy them.
And calling the replacement “British” is meaningless unless Britain controls its intellectual property, technology and future development.
A £1 foothold has become national dependency.
That is not sovereignty and it is precisely why sovereignty is now necessary.
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
Who in their right mind would give Peter THIEL or PALANTIR control of all of our NHS PATIENT DATA... RED FLAGS do not get any bigger.
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
Times reports govt renewing NHS-Palantir contract over fear of patient disruption..proving*exactly* what critics have been saying. That we’re in a technofascist trap.
thetimes.com/article/b6cf6dd…
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Should have voted: YES 🏴☑️
Reap what you have sown: unionists 🤷♂️
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
Scotland absolutely thriving after a NO vote. – at Strichen, Scotland
Half a million Scots at risk of needing food bank over next year, report finds.
news.stv.tv/scotland/half-a-…
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This quietly damning National Audit Office report on UK Government reform of a small part of England’s NHS has been ignored by media.👇
£200 million over annual budget.
£600 million on redundant payments.
Big delays.
nao.org.uk/press-releases/dh…
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that's not very devolving power to the nations and regions is it angela
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
Is there any other news outfit who have to announce apologies as much as the BBC do against nthe SNP ? Weird that init
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
This is nothing but Westminster control freakery from Labour.
So much for decentralisation of power eh lads?? This British Labour Party is more power hungry than ever!!
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National Labour Party now threatening their own Sheffield Labour Party!
They really are losing the plot. I hope Sheffield Labour stand with their residents rather than the Labour party machine that's arming a genocide.
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
On Oct 7th Michael Marra said North Sea oil & gas was "critical" to Scotland's industrial future and he'd made that clear to Andy Burnham. Has the branch manager given any response to Burnham's plan to outlaw new North Sea drilling? Has BBC Scotland or STV asked him?
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Should be a far bigger story that Burnham's localism pitch is a complete sham when Labour's national executive get a veto over whether Sheffield council collapses or not.
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People don't want "to hold water companies to account", they want them nationalised to stop a third of their bills being drained away on private profits as a reward for extreme incompetence!
The privatisation of water has failed our communities.
Household bills are set to rise by more than 40%, after years of underinvestment while shareholders and executives have continued to benefit.
I've long called for elected Mayors to have greater powers to hold water companies to account, influence their operations and ensure money raised through fines goes back into the communities affected by sewage pollution.
Through our new regional water council, we'll keep pushing for Yorkshire Water to put people first, protect our rivers and deliver a greener, more affordable future for West Yorkshire. 💧
gov.uk/government/news/commu…
FraMcCa 🏴 🇪🇺🧡 retweeted
Why is no-one at the herald talking about Joani Reid?
Unspun: Why is everyone in Holyrood talking about the SNP MSP David Linden?
@heraldscotland
heraldscotland.com/news/2669…
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When we return next week, we’ll get 218 signatures for Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which guarantees a vote.
Survivors will be able to get their own records, State Attorneys General can prosecute crimes, and we can take the DOJ to court for keeping critical files hidden.⚖️