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Lucy Garcia

Bid to permanently expel Tom Watson from Lords over Palantir job

Tom Watson has taken up a role with Palantir (Image: Archive)

TOM Watson should be permanently expelled from the House of Lords after being appointed “vice president” of Palantir, the Green members of the Chamber have said.

The former Labour deputy leader continuing as a peer while carrying out his new role is a “serious conflict of interest” due to the firm’s involvement in the UK’s public services, Natalie Bennett and Jenny Jones warned in a letter to Speaker Lord Forsyth.

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