'Hands off our NHS data:' Inside the nationwide movement against Palantir's £330m NHS deal

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It’s 4 pm on an unusually warm first day of October as a small crowd begins forming outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary, the south-west UK city’s central hospital. Outpatients arriving for appointments begin to take notice as the demonstration against US company Palantir’s involvement with the UK’s health service starts to take shape.

Placards are raised: “No Palantir in our NHS”, “Ditch Palantir”, “Good at harvesting your NHS data”. The passing traffic starts beeping its support.

Bristol…