Overnight, Royal Marines Commandos of the @RoyalNavy were involved in the interception of a shadow fleet vessel. They were supported by @HMSSutherland, @HMSLedbury and the Maritime Air Group.
Mission success thanks to the skills, bravery and professionalism of our people.
Thanks for all the kind messages about this. As requested, there is now a link available for pre-orders.
A work of love - I love my country. I hope you enjoy it. https://t.co/0PZJMXnuME
Britain spent a decade choosing to be smaller in the world.
Right now the rules on communications, energy and trade are being rewritten. By China. By Russia. By countries that take their own security seriously. We need to be at that table. That's a choice we must make.
Strong countries get cheap energy. Weak countries pay whatever the strong ones decide.
Seeing a number of benchmarks showing Opus is the best model for long-running work.
Five tips for running Opus autonomously for hours/days:
1. Use auto mode for permissions, so Claude doesn’t ask for approval
2. Use dynamic workflows, to have Claude orchestrate hundreds/thousands of agents to get a task done
3. Use /goal or /loop, to nudge Claude to keep going until it’s done
4. Use Claude Code in the cloud, so you can close your laptop (easiest way is the desktop or mobile app)
5. Make sure Claude has a way to self-verify its work end to end: Claude in Chrome browser extension for web, iOS/Android sim MCP for mobile, a way to start the full web server or service for backend work
In a corner of parliament at the far end of the Royal gallery a box lies permantly open containing sand from all five Normandy beaches -a reminder to both houses of the sacrifice & the cause of freedom fought for by brave service people on DDay June 6 th 1944. #DDay
This terrible news has really knocked me for six. Alex Younger was a truly outstanding Head of MI6 during my time as PM and an exemplary public servant. He has been taken from us far too soon.
Due to the nature of their work, few fully understand the service and sacrifice made by those working in our intelligence and security services - but be in no doubt, Alex made our country a safer place and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude for that.
I had the privilege to continue working with Alex and to remain good friends after we both left office; I will miss him dreadfully. He was a remarkable man - tremendously knowledgable and insightful, but also such fantastic company and fun to be with. Kind, thoughtful; a good man in every sense.
At a time when our world is more confrontational, volatile and, frankly, dangerous, his expertise and great wisdom will be deeply missed. My thoughts and prayers are with Sarah and his family at this sad time.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2026 @NavyStadium. Today, they sent their covers soaring, marking their transition to officers in the Navy and Marine Corps after four years of challenges, sacrifice, and triumph. Anchors aweigh! ⚓️ #classof2026@thejointstaff
Another spectacular Blue Angels show, this year including an F-35B Lightning II demonstration from VMFAT-501 “Warlords.” Both teams served as a tribute to the accomplishments of the Class of 2026. 📸: 2/C Dean Lee #classof2026@CityofAnnapolis@BlueAngels@USMC