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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50M Metropolitan police deal with Palantir
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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I've never met anyone who has good things to say about the met including police in other constablies, why do they still exist? Why do we need this special division just for London when everyone else manages to cope with just a normal police department that at least is beholden to the public.
What happened to policing by consent.