Georgia Banjo

Elon Musk has paid his legal fees.

For the past six months, our Britain correspondent, Georgia Banjo, has been investigating Mr. Robinson's background, his rise to prominence, trying to figure out how a fringe football hooligan has shaped how America sees Britain and Islam.

The result is a three-part series for our subscribers called Shire Folk.

The first episode is out now.

And Britain, a cautionary tale in a battle to save the West.

I'm Georgia Banjo.

Search for Shirefolk in the Economist app or wherever you're listening to this.

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I'm Rosie Bloor, and today on the Weekend Intelligence, we're bringing you the first in a three-part series that my colleague Georgia Banjo and Sam Westron have spent months reporting.

They've been charting the rise of Tommy Robinson, a British far-right figure who's changing how Britons see their own country, and who's now shaping how many Americans do, too.

If you've ever wondered why a fringe football hooligan from Luton has the support of the world's richest man, well, here's Georgia.

The dam has well and truly burst.

The silent majority will be silent no longer.

I'm Georgia Banjo, and from The Economist, this is Shire Folk, the story of how some of the most powerful people in America came to see Britain and Islam through the eyes of a fringe football hooligan.

Episode one, Tommy's Town.

And Britain, a cautionary tale in a battle to save the West.

I'm Georgia Banjo.

This is Shire Folk.

Coming this weekend.

Two-fifths of its contracts come with the American government, but Britain is its biggest foreign market and home to a sixth of its workforce.

Georgia Banjo is a Britain correspondent for The Economist.

In the past few years, Palantir's won a string of government contracts with the National Health Service, with the Armed Forces, and the police, among others.

Now, their software does a really good job of joining up disparate data, but the company itself is also attracting a lot of controversy.