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Today at the #spycopsinquiry we'll be hearing from four different lawyers, all representing various groupings of 'Non State Core Participants'

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These hearings are being live-streamed on Youtube, so from 10am onwards you'll be able to watch the proceedings as they happen -
First up today is Rajiv Menon KC
He represents three men who were politically active in the period covered by this 'Tranche' of the @ucpinquiry – the years 1968-82 – Tariq Ali, Piers Corbyn and Ernie Tate.

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#SpyCopsInquiry restarts soon with more evidence from HN218, Barry Moss - one of the #spycops managers

Listen at
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We see a Circular sent by the SS to Chief Constables about 'subversive activities' in schools, asking them to share any information about this.

Was Moss aware of it?
No
By the time you were DCI of the SDS unit?
Maybe “but I wouldn't swear to it”.
The #spycops reported on what was going on inside schools.

There were some more questions about the procedures within the SDS.

Moss already described an “unfiltered approach to intelligence-gathering”
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His memory loss was less extensive than the other former #spycops we've heard from. But memory loss can be a selective thing.
He clammed up when asked about the events in Southall on 23 April '79 & claimed not to remember anyone in the @metpoliceuk discussing Blair Peach's death.
@metpoliceuk ...even though we know that #spycops attended Blair's funeral, and spied on the subsequent campaigning for justice ever since. Coates said he couldn't remember any discussion of all that within the SDS.

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@metpoliceuk Although he was able to share some clear memories of the offensively sexist jokes & banter he heard in the #spycops safe-house....
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'HN304' (aka 'Graham Coates') gave evidence at the #SpyCopsInquiry today.
Asked:
"Would more formal training have helped?"
He replied:
"Yes, I think so"
Luckily that now exists, created by @out_of_lives
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@out_of_lives Watch @siobhni and @MPeakeOfficial explain #InstitutionalSexism - privacy - consent - & the right to protest (words by @out_of_lives ) as part of this new #spycops training resource.

spycoptraining.co.uk/principles

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@out_of_lives @siobhni @MPeakeOfficial Watch @tamdeanburn explain the kind of dilemmas #spycops might face in the field - and show how role-play can be used to find solutions to a selection of scenarios

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Day 12 of this set of #spycopsinquiry hearings is starting now

Today is devoted entirely to the evidence of one former undercover officer, HN304, aka 'Graham Coates'.

He has a lot to say about his time in the #spycops unit, the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS).
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The hearing began at 10am - and you will be able to watch an exciting moving transcript of what is said on Youtube, with a ten-minute delay -

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Or follow proceedings on Twitter - @tombfowler will also be tweeting live from the Amba hotel room in central London, and hosting occasional short FB live sessions, with non State core participants & other observers giving their reactions to the evidence
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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 by #spycops officers
Mitting: has asked people not to name 'Carlo Neri' in their opening statements - on pain of not having their contribution live-streamed today
Phillippa is now asking for clarification about this. She will not be using Carlo's real name...
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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 policeman, John Dines, who was spying on me & other campaigners in London Greenpeace #spycops #McLibel #OTD
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The writ alleged McDonald's had been libelled in a leaflet produced by London Greenpeace, which was co-written by another undercover policeman, Bob Lambert. The resulting court case lasted 3 years, but at no time was the role of the
#spycops revealed

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After the case ended we sued the police as it had emerged the police had provided confidential information about us to McDonald's to enable them to sue us. The police apologised and paid damages, but still didn't reveal the role of #spycops in the case
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