Andy Coles, aka Special Demonstration Squad officer Andy Davey What: Demonstration outside Peterborough City Council meeting calling for former abusive spycop and current Tory Councillor Andy Coles to resign. Where: Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HF When: 6pm, Wednesday 13 December Why: Andy Coles deceived a teenager into an intimate relationship when he was […]
Andy Coles, aka Special Demonstration Squad officer Andy Davey What: Demonstration outside Peterborough City Council meeting calling for former abusive spycop Councillor Andy Coles to resign. Where: Town Hall, St Peter's Road, Peterborough PE1 1YX (rear entrance; the main Bridge Street entrance is not usually used) When: 6pm, Wednesday 24 January 2018 Why: Andy […]
The fifth annual "Domestic Extremist Awareness Day" takes place on Monday 5 February. We are campaigning for a complete end to the meaningless but sinister use of the ‘domestic extremist’ label against all political dissent - a critical justification for state surveillance on protest movements in the UK. The term is used by police and […]
It is over seven years since the undercover policing scandal broke, creating shock that the police could commit such abuses against social, animal, and environmental justice campaigners in our country. Public outrage at the scandals around undercover policing led to the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing. Three years in, just ahead of when it was […]
Sir John Mitting The Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting, has announced another preliminary hearing of the inquiry. It will be concerned with: The anonymity applications by five former members of the Special Demonstration Squad whose real and cover names the Inquiry is minded to withhold from the public; The Inquiry’s consultation […]
The illegal construction industry blacklist was caught and shut down nine years ago. More than 3,000 people were on the blacklist because they were ‘troublemakers’ who wanted their legal rights of decent health and safety standards and the right to be represented by a union. Lives were ruined. Dave Smith was put on the list […]
Andy Coles then and now What: Demonstration outside Peterborough City Council meeting calling for former abusive spycop Councillor Andy Coles to resign. Where: Town Hall, St Peter’s Road, Peterborough PE1 1YX (rear entrance; the main Bridge Street entrance is not usually used) When: 6pm, Wednesday 7 March 2018 Why: Andy Coles deceived a teenager into […]
'Jessica' was a vulnerable 19 year old animal rights activist when she was groomed into a sexual relationship by undercover police officer Andy Coles. Although he was exposed nearly a year ago, instantly resigning from his post as Cambridgeshire's Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner, Coles has made no comment on the issue. He continues to […]
It is over seven years since the undercover policing scandal broke, creating shock that the police could commit such abuses against social, animal, and environmental justice campaigners in our country. Public outrage at the scandals around undercover policing led to the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing. Three years in, just ahead of when it was […]
Sir John Mitting The Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting, has announced another preliminary hearing of the inquiry. It will be concerned with the anonymity applications by twelve former members of the Special Demonstration Squad and the 'Lambert Report'. Twelve Undercover Officers On 5 March 2018 the Inquiry published 29 documents in connection […]