克莱夫·刘易斯在他最近的文章中难得有一点是正确的：即存在腐败开始滋生的危险（汤姆·沃森跳槽到 Palantir 是英国政治腐败蔓延程度的最新迹象，9月24日）。但我认为他找错方向了。
Clive Lewis is, unusually, right about one thing in his recent article: there is a danger of rot setting in ( Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics, 24 September ). But I think he is looking in the wrong place.
克莱夫，如果你想攻击我，那就冲我来吧。我经历得够多了，能承受得起。但请不要诋毁我现在有幸与之共事的近千名员工。
Attack me if you want, Clive. I’ve been around long enough to take it. But don’t malign the nearly 1,000 people I now have the privilege of working alongside.
我们的员工队伍主要是年轻人。我们的平均年龄不到30岁。我们是工程师、软件开发人员以及选择在英国建立职业生涯的人。我们帮助护士和医生改善公共服务。我们帮助军队和警察保护我们的安全。我们为所做的事情感到自豪。
We are predominantly a young workforce. Our average age is under 30. We are engineers, software developers and people who have chosen to build their careers here in Britain. We help nurses and doctors improve public services. We help our armed forces and police keep us safe. And we are proud of what we do.
Palantir 全球员工中近五分之一在英国。这些是大多数国家都会欢迎的高技能、高薪的英国工作岗位。
Nearly one in five of Palantir’s global workforce is based here in the UK. These are highly skilled, well-paid British jobs that most countries would welcome.
关于技术、权力和问责制，我们可以展开一场严肃的讨论。但是，如果一种政治把构建英国技术未来的人视为问题的一部分，那么我们恐怕很难拥有什么技术未来了。汤姆·沃森，Palantir 英国公司高级副总裁
There is a respectable argument to be had about technology, power and accountability. But a politics that treats the people building Britain’s technological future as part of the problem is unlikely to leave us with much of a technological future. Tom Watson Senior vice-president, Palantir UK