#Spycops

The #SpyCopsInquiry was originally due to report in 2018. After delays from the Met, it set an 'ambitious' timetable to end Dec 2023. It was > a year behind that

We've now seen evidence from a number of #spycops and seen their reports – she is left wondering about the psychology of these officers....(136) We have seen examples of miscarriages

Donna McLean was deceived into a relationship by #SpyCops officer Carlo Soracchi. It's significant that she gave her interview to Scotland on Sunday. Though they lived together in London, they

Undercover political policing didn't stop when #SpyCops were unmasked in 2010. They'd been absorbed into Counter Terrorism Command. In 2016 its chief, Richard Walton, resigned when it was revealed he'd

5 mins till today's #spycopsinquiry hearings begin - first up today, at 10:00am, is Phillippa Kaufmann QC.She's speaking on behalf of 21 of the women who were deceived into relationships

COPS is an alliance of people spied on by the #SpyCops of Britain's political secret police, covering many different political backgrounds, supporting various campaigns to get the full truth. If

On this day 30 years ago, McDonald's served a libel writ on me as I stepped from the van of my then partner, who unbeknown to me was an undercover

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Tomorrow MPs vote on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill. The proposed law allows police & security services to commit crimes with impunity. There is nothing in the

The excellent reporting by @robevansgdn on the #spycops inquiry includes this sobering reminder: "police chiefs are declining to say whether they are continuing to target political activists using the same

The #SpyCopsInquiry resumes with an opening statement from Phillippa Kaufmann QC, representing 'Category H Core Participants' (Individuals in Relationships with Undercover Officers) It's clear that in the era examined 1973-82,

Finally today at the #SpyCopsInquiry, an opening statement from Matthew Ryder QC. He is representing anti-apartheid activists Ernest Rodker, Professor Jonathan Rosenhead & Lord Peter Hain, as well as Blair

Kate Wilson @fruitbatmania is bringing a case in the (usually) secret tribunal that the Mark Kennedy undercover operation breached her human rights. This is the case we started together in

I see small groups of people on twitter who are exposing huge institutional corruption, and backing it up with evidence. But no one listens.When a big scandal breaks, there are

Keir Starmer is addressing 180 Labour MPs on a Zoom call. An increasing number have been making clear they want to vote against the 10pm hospitality curfew and expressing scepticism

"I fear my own party is being taken for a ride by this government," Dan Carden told the chamber in the 'spycops' bill debate. "I tell you what happens: you

Sack Andy Coles

As #SpyCops officer Andy Coles has just been mentioned at the #SpyCopsInquiry, here's a quick overview of who he is. He was a Special Demonstration Squad officer in 1990s, using