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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 2h

... justice!
https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2025/10/06/spycops-scandal-set-deepen-inquiry-resumes/… (@copscampaign.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 2h

New date! The #spycops public inquiry is about to resume. The new hearings will look at 1993-2008. Here's our press release on what to expect, plus info on our protest outside the first day of live hearings, Fri 17 Oct. Join us to demand truth & ...

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 2d

... justice!

https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2025/10/06/spycops-scandal-set-deepen-inquiry-resumes/… (@copscampaign.bsky.social)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 2d

The #spycops public inquiry is about to resume, looking at 1993-2008. Here's our press release on what to expect, plus info on our protest outside the first day of live hearings, Thursday 16 October. Join us to demand truth & ...

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 3d

... (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 3d

The http://Spycops.info website has had a makeover, you can now listen to all the episodes of the podcast directly on the site as well as find an introduction to the issue of #spycops with links to the likes of @out_of_lives, @copscampaign & @UndercoverNet ...

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 4d

Just out - our report on the #spycops public inquiry's questioning of Malcolm MacLeod, the unit's boss in the mid 1980s. Ludicrously self-contradictory, he admitted 'it's really, really difficult to defend the indefensible.' He still tried though. (@copscampaign.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 6d

Join us to hear a core participant in the #spycops Inquiry speak about his work.
Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens
6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL
Book here http://…dercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk@QMHistory@BirkbeckHCA (@RSHistCentre)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 6d

My article for @counterfireorg on two very different Daves who, as it stands, won't be giving evidence during the next phase of the public inquiry into the #spycops scandal (@jameshsimpson)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 6d

The tale of two Daves.
One an undercover police officer who spied on the #StephenLawrence family.
One a #blacklisted union activist targeted by #spycops.
SPOILER ALERT: the public inquiry doesn’t treat us the same. (@DaveBlacklist)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 7d

It's hard to know when the bottom of the barrel has been scraped. This latest revelation about Met police racism & misogyny is yet another example of its rotten core that #spycops survivors are all too familiar with. (@spiesoutoflives.bsky.social)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 8d

I’ll be speaking about #spycops at the @NewportRising festival on 1st November at @RiverfrontArts. Come along if you’re in the area. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 8d

Everything you wanted to know about the #Spycops Inquiry. We're putting on an event to explain what the inquiry is, what we know about 50 years of political police units, & how to find out more. Sun 19 Oct, 2-4pm at @maydayrooms. More info on our blog: (@copscampaign.bsky.social)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 9d

Everything you wanted to know about the #Spycops Inquiry. @copscampaign are putting on an event to explain what it is, what we have learned about 50 years of political police units, and how to find out more. 19 Oct, 2-4pm at @maydayrooms Register at (@PeterSalmon7)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 9d

“The state is the monster” a new episode of the #spycops info podcast. Chatting with @Common_WealthHQ about their new play “Demand The Impossible” (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 10d

1) Speak perfect French
2) Enter into an intimate relationship with a local
3) Adopt the identity of a dead child
4) No, hang on that's #spycops (@overlandertheb1)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

... https://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2025/09/on-cards.html?spref=tw… (@david_lindsay77)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

Dave Smith is now applying for a judicial review of the failure to call him to give evidence to the #spycops inquiry. If that scandal received anything like the coverage that it deserved, #DigitalID would have public approval below 10 per cent. #bbcaq ...

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

Legal papers applying for a Judicial Review have been submitted against the chair of the undercover policing #spycops inquiry by blacklisted union activist Dave Smith. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

... https://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2025/09/on-cards.html?spref=tw… (@david_lindsay77)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

Dave Smith is now applying for a judicial review of the failure to call him to give evidence to the #spycops inquiry. If that scandal received anything like the coverage that it deserved, #DigitalID would have public approval below 10 per cent. #Newsnight ...

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

... https://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2025/09/on-cards.html?spref=tw… (@david_lindsay77)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 11d

Dave Smith is now applying for a judicial review of the failure to call him to give evidence to the #spycops inquiry. If that scandal received anything like the coverage that it deserved, #DigitalID would have public approval below 10 per cent. #bbcpm ...

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 12d

... https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/surviving-spycops-tickets-1742263489999?aff=ebdssbdestsearch… (@spiesoutoflives.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 12d

So excited to announce this event w/@LushLtd, @inspiredAUB & Human Rights Fund on Fri 24th & Sat 25th Oct in London: SURVIVING #SPYCOPS.

With brilliant line up of speakers including the wonderful Mark Thomas plus some fantastic protest art.

Book here: ...

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