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Gripped by @fruitbatmania powerfully dissecting the memories of her life with #spycops Mark Kennedy interwoven with his reports on each & every detail to the state. Sharing her strength and fears, Kate Wilson and her persistence are truly inspirational. And she can write!

UndercoverNet's tweet image. Gripped by @fruitbatmania powerfully dissecting the memories of her life with #spycops Mark Kennedy interwoven with his reports on each &  every detail to the state. Sharing her strength and fears, Kate Wilson and her persistence are truly inspirational. And she can write!

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The First-tier Tribunal has just ruled in my favour in another FOI case, upholding my appeal against the Information Commissioner who backed the Cabinet Office refusal of my FOI request. The case involves Cabinet Office discussions about the release of files to @UkNatArchives.


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Great news that @VeraBaird has been appointed as interim chair of the failing CCRC - someone who has actually worked on appeals of the wrongly convicted including Emma Humphreys bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…


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Mitting standing down from undercover policing inquiry. 2nd in role after Pitchford. Shows one of the issues of having such long timeframes for inquiries #spycops

Sir John Mitting, Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry has announced his intention to retire from the role following the publication of an Interim Report covering the entirety of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS)’s undercover policing activities. ucpi.org.uk/2025/06/04/inq…

ucpinquiry's tweet image. Sir John Mitting, Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry has announced his intention to retire from the role following the publication of an Interim Report covering the entirety of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS)’s undercover policing activities. 

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Getting nostalgic for the significantly less-crappy ‘old’ web 2.0 days after thinking about DivX movie site Videostored and finding this old page on my blog from 2008/9 listing a load of now mostly dead tools and sites: bristle.wordpress.com/projectslists/…


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📺If you weren't able to attend our book launch of 'DISCLOSURE - Unravelling the Spycops Files' with @fruitbatmania yesterday evening, or you missed the livestream, a recording of the event is on our YouTube channel now. youtube.com/watch?v=_1Hixh… #spycops #noexcuses #disclosure

out_of_lives's tweet card. Book Launch for Kate Wilson's memoir 'DISCLOSURE: Unravelling the...

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Was Mr C a registered informant authorised to participate in this case by the Assistant Commissioner? If yes, Did his actions amount to Agent Provocateur? If no, someone’s in trouble if the Cops knew he supplied the guns and the getaway vehicle.

Old School corruption claims in Appeal Court ... as autistic ex-Flying Squad cop says robbers behind £1.4m bullion heist were set up by legendary gangland figure, whose ID is being protected by the state. Only in The Upsetter, where crime pays, here: tinyurl.com/4fersmvu

mr_gillard's tweet image. Old School corruption claims in Appeal Court ... as autistic ex-Flying Squad cop says robbers behind £1.4m bullion heist were set up by legendary gangland figure, whose ID is being protected by the state.
Only in The Upsetter, where crime pays, here:  
tinyurl.com/4fersmvu


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I've been pretty quiet on here, not just because I was at the #spycops hearings, but mainly I was building the new SpycopsResearch.info website with the @UndercoverNet crew. Making the @ucpinquiry disclosure accessible for all! Spread the word, and let us know what you think!


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See our new websit SpycopsResearch.info for more background at Special Branch (Overview) spycopsresearch.info/analysis/speci… and the glossary for the letter C spycopsresearch.info/glossary-and-a…

Top cops propose a National Counter-Terrorism Police Force coordinated by the Met. Just a reminder that spying on unions, anti-racism, green activists & the left currently comes under the auspices of SO15 - which is Counter Terrorism Command. #spycops theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…



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Please share, election day is 1 May!


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Plus the @UndercoverNet Was my friend a #spycops brochure!

Proud to see my book in such good company! ❤️✊



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Today marks 15 years since I blew the whistle on #spycops As I still await to give my evidence @ucpinquiry was all the additional stress, whilst never receiving any monetary gains, worth it? Probably best to ask me when the final report is published! theguardian.com/uk/2010/mar/14…


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Our new SpycopsResearch.info will have to be updated with this. But do read the article on Anonymity to understand how generous the @ucpinquiry tends to grand anonymity to former #spycops - who themselves violated the privacy of campaigners for yrs! spycopsresearch.info/inquiry/anonym…

The Inquiry has published the Chairman of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting’s, second ruling on anonymity applications from undercover officers and managers in Tranche 5. ucpi.org.uk/2025/04/14/ano…

ucpinquiry's tweet image. The Inquiry has published the Chairman of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting’s, second ruling on anonymity applications from undercover officers and managers in Tranche 5.
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Reading your interview in the Observer played a significant part in making the people investigating Kennedy understand what #spycops were & how he fitted the profile


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Great #spycops documentary but my whistleblower media disclosures started on 14th March 2010 and not as Part 3 @ITV @RawTVLtd @guardian last night implied was after Mark KENNEDY's 24th October 2010 exposure by the activists & Mark JENNER's in 2013 theguardian.com/uk/2010/mar/14…

‘The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed’ shares the stories of 5 women deceived into intimate relationships with undercover police officers. Watch the gripping documentary starting tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and stream on ITVX. #ITV #ITVX



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In case you missed this last week 🙃

We proudly present our new website SpycopsResearch.info, to make the #spycops scandal and the official @ucpinquiry accessible to all. Let us know what you think!



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@UndercoverNet Congrats with your new site SpycopsResearch.info, an incredible piece of work in making the #spycops @ucpinquiry disclosure so much more accesible, while explaining the entire process to all involved!


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Incredible documentary. Watched with my daughter, we gasped in all the same places (many). I thought I knew the story but what was taken from these women was more than I'd considered. Child-bearing years were lost, you don't get those back. @helensteel12 👏👏👏 #spycops

The letters we received from #spycops when they evaporated from our lives illustrate the systemic, institutionalised nature of this abuse of police power. 📺Don’t miss the final episode of ‘The Undercover Police Scandal: Love & Lies Exposed’ this Thursday 20th at 9pm on @ITV



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Well spotted! BTW have you seen our new website SpycopsResearch.info, making everything #spycops accessible for all? Let us know what you think. We're pretty proud...

Anyone who is interested @ucpinquiry Just noticed they have quietly dropped the Publication of their final #spycops report date from December 2026 to TBA! ucpi.org.uk/about-the-inqu…



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We proudly present our new website SpycopsResearch.info, to make the #spycops scandal and the official @ucpinquiry accessible to all. Let us know what you think!

For anyone interested in the recent history of state repression re activism see the #spycops inquiry and follow @tombfowler, @copscampaign , @out_of_lives, @UndercoverNet Scratches the surface including secret services involvement



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