The Revolving Door Is a Sluice Gate
Declared advocacy, not analysis
This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
He sold the access. He called it service.
This cartoon ran with The Revolving Door Is a Sluice Gate.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Tom Watson, Palantir, Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan, Alex Karp, Louis Mosley, Peter Thiel, Labour Party, House of Lords, Ministry of Defence, Metropolitan Police, Unlock Democracy
- Themes
- Revolving door between politics and industry, AI in UK public services, Government technology contracting, Defense and surveillance technology
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Truthfulness