Thinking of all our brilliant police officers across Surrey and the UK who continue to keep us safe in full protective kit despite the heat. You’re all exceptional, please look after yourselves and each other and keep hydrated! 💙
15 years since I was asked by @Telegraph to write a photo caption for a royal kiss and decided to go with something completely different that happened that day
@ZackPolanski - this is magnificent. Three things I can’t deny:
1. It is a video.
2. You are wearing a jacket.
3. Then you aren’t.
4. Then you are again.
Unfortunately that’s where the accuracy ends.
A few corrections for you:
Peter Thiel is not our CEO. Alex Karp is — and has been for 20+ years. (A lifelong Democrat, for anyone keeping score.)
We are not a “spyware company.” Spyware is malware. Malware is illegal. Calling a software company spyware is, technically, defamatory (don’t worry, we are not suing).
We don’t build surveillance technology. We build software that helps organisations make sense of data they already hold. Not the same thing.
There was no “private tour” of our HQ. There was a public photocall to which the media came. Hence, why there are so many pictures of the event.
Our MOD contract is not “the biggest defence contract in UK history.” Ajax armoured vehicles = £5.5bn. Dreadnought submarines = £31bn. We’re grateful for the work, but let’s keep a sense of scale.
We have no more access to NHS data than Microsoft has to the contents of your Word documents. I think you know this by now.
We don’t have access to patient medical records. Same story.
I agree that “nothing matters more than our health.” Which makes it worth reminding you of what Palantir’s software is actually doing in the NHS right now:
->110,000 additional operations
->15% fewer delayed hospital discharges
->7% more patients finding out within 28 days whether they have cancer
Respect again for what you did with that jacket.
Always a pleasure to join pass out parades and chat to new recruits. I like to ask them why they joined policing. This group had lots of relatives in policing, and one told me she joined because she wanted to feel like she was making a difference and helping people every day ❤️
📢 Quick march!
👮♀️👮♂️ Deputy Commissioner @ellie_vt has welcomed the newest cohort of @SurreyPolice officers at their passing out parade.
Congratulations to all, and good luck in your careers with the Force!
A lovely letter arrived on World Book Day.
A very honest customer finally paid an outstanding invoice from May 14th 1968. (They even doubled the total amount and posted from the USA)
HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY
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@CliveMyrieBBC Hopefully more travel/discovery documentaries! Saw some of the Jamaica pieces whilst on holiday elsewhere in the Caribbean recently and they were great 🥳
🎄🎅 A boy who is supported by a domestic abuse service has designed the Christmas card sent by Commissioner @_Lisa_Townsend and Deputy @ellie_vt.
Lisa and Ellie have shown off the card as they shared their 2025 highlights 👇
https://t.co/vZwerTS1Tj
🎄🛍️ On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, covert loss prevention teams from @guildfordbcrp and uniformed officers from @GuildfordBeat were keeping a close eye out for shoplifters.
Deputy Commissioner @ellie_vt joined Street Rangers on patrol in the town centre 👇
A privilege to join a packed room for Parliamentary Review of the Forcer Protocol. This tool helps police find missing armed forces personnel and veterans, helping save lives. I’m pleased to have been working with colleagues in @SurreyPolice to look at rolling this out in Surrey.
Great to hear @HuddlestonNigel’s reflections on time in DCMS/Shadow DCMS roles - working with young people means you “get to talk about the future every single day” and “see the very best of society and communities”.
A brilliant National Youth Agency Summit 👏