Extra follow up question for Piers Corbyn at the #spycopsinquiry about the other groups as opposed to the IMG who controlled other groups instead of supporting them. He says he was thinking of the IS/SWP who tried to be controlling. The IMG wanted to increase involvement
He says the anarchists would just turn up and get involved with anything without controlling anything.
Rajiv Menon asks Piers Corbyn if he was involved in anything Subversive in the special branch definition of the word. He says not.
Piers Corbyn was targeted by #spycops officer HN338 who has died, we are not allowed to know his cover name or real name. He is asked if a photo of HN338 would support him?
He says it would, he wonders if this was Peter Piercephil (sp?) but doens't know
He says it would, he wonders if this was Peter Piercephil (sp?) but doens't know
We are shown a Special Branch document on the squatting movement in 1976.
Is this a true reflection?
Only partly. It is full of political interpretation, as if they are trying to please someone this report was written for. It was less political, people were desperate for homes.
Is this a true reflection?
Only partly. It is full of political interpretation, as if they are trying to please someone this report was written for. It was less political, people were desperate for homes.
Piers Corbyn points out some outright lies in the document, especially that the squatters never spoke with the police. He says that he did.
Piers Corbyn is asking why there are reports from all sorts of political activity but very little from his main activity: squatting. He asks about other suspected undercovers from the time
Sir John Mitting thanks Piers Corbyn for giving evidence, he stops short of calling him honest, as he did for yesterday's #spycops
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