Jon Horne

After six wonderful years at UK Music, I'm joining Palantir UK as Senior Vice President. Palantir is the most interesting company on the planet, doing work of real consequence: helping Britain and its allies defend themselves, helping police protect our citizens and helping NHS staff get patients treated and home sooner. London is comfortably its largest centre outside the US, home to more than one in six employees, the highest proportion among the world's largest technology companies. We have challenges. Some criticism is propaganda. Some raises legitimate questions about large technology companies and sovereign control. Both require answers. Part of my role will be to correct false information while working with our engineers to ensure privacy, security and respect for sovereignty are at the heart of everything we do.

Raise the Colours ringpiece in chief, Ryan Ferguson thinks Brighton Pavilion is "brand new"... He's offended by a 200 year old building because he thinks the domes and minarets, built by King George IV, are a sign of creeping Islamic immigration. 🙄

Gosh won’t we miss Rod Liddle! A genius comedian while always speaking from the heart. He was so supportive of us at Michaela. Knew how destructive smartphones are to kids. Fought the good fight while telling us all to take a leap! He was the best of them. May he RIP. 😢

Re: Jodrell Bank, what is this kind of architecture called anyway? It's dominated my life from school age. 'Something functional built in Britain post-war to last a short time but which never got replaced' is the closest I can get to a name.

I had to explain the hierarchy of support the other day to a Dutch guy who didn’t understand why we, as South Africans, weren’t supporting Netherlands: 1 Bafana 2 Any other African country 3 Heritage (Scotland, Ireland) 4 Global South 5 Underdogs 6 Anyone but England and USA ⚽️

Nor does Islam, you ignorant, bigoted, redpilled old fool. I can’t believe I grew up loving you in Fawlty Towers and Monty Python movies. How the mighty fall.

Donald Trump’s dramatic intervention in Venezuela has achieved much more than to bring a brutal, corrupt dictator and drug trafficker to justice in an American court of law, something which no amount of human rights declarations, international law or indictments in the international criminal court were able to achieve. It took President Trump deciding it was in America’s interests to helicopter Nicolas Maduro to face justice, and this is the awful truth that Europe’s political leaders are coming to terms with: Trump has the means and the will and they don’t. ✍️ Peter Mandelson

Me: sinking pints. Reeves: sinking the economy.

Jeez. Don’t give up the day job. Seriously.