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rob evans
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Reporter for Guardian - stories http://guardian.co.uk/profile/robevans.
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"activist, Steve Hedley, has testified ..."the police wanted to entrap the activists in serious criminality as they had spent years infiltrating the activists and he’d got absolutely nothing because we weren’t doing anything”. "

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Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears
Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
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February 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears. Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’. #Spycops

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Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears
Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
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February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears

Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’

Three anti-fascist activists have accused an undercover police officer of attempting to incite them to...
Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears
Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
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February 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears. Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears
Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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The spycops inquiry is examining the conduct of about 139 undercover police officers who spied on tens of thousands of mainly leftwing campaigners between 1968 and at least 2010
Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears
Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Three anti-fascist activists have accused an undercover police officer of attempting to incite them to firebomb a shop that was said to be a front for the far right, the #spycops inquiry has heard. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Police spy tried to incite activists to firebomb shop, UK inquiry hears
Carlo Soracchi, who infiltrated anti-fascist group in early 2000s, accused of suggesting crime as he had ‘got nothing’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Brilliant, provocative move by @manchestermill.bsky.social

This was one of the concerns that those of us unhappy about #LDRS had from the beginning

How a publicly-funded scheme is being misused

#journalism #local #news #press #media

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Why The Mill will be republishing ‘MEN Premium journalism’
How a publicly-funded scheme is being misused
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January 30, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Thanks to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for covering the case in @pressgazette.co.uk.

"The nagging spectre of financial ruin haunted the back of my mind for a few months" @coramazov.bsky.social tells her.

pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Mill Media journalist faces £10,000 county court bill after exposé
Mill Media is being sued for libel by an Italian businessman over reporting about his alleged activity in London's rental market.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong!

Please read and share.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
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January 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate
‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate
Anti-immigration activist is contesting poll in borough where he previously researched far-right extremism
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January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Signal will never message you like this.

If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.

DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Criticism of a 2-week suspension handed to the Earl of Shrewsbury, hereditary peer who wrongly claimed expenses using taxpayer-funded ticket to attend biz meeting & claimed mileage he did not do, following Gdn reporting.

Or, put another way... Peer's fortnight suspension too weak, campaigners say
Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient
Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take
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January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient
Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient
Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take
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January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Campaigners have criticised as too lenient the punishment handed to a Conservative hereditary peer found to have broken the House of Lords rules for the second time. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient
Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take
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January 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient. Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient
Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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New on our blog - we've republished a personal message from @queer-red.bsky.social to 'Sandra Davies', the #spycops officer who infiltrated the women's liberation movement, asking her to have the integrity & courage to come forward.

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/01/27/h...
Hey, Sandra? Do you read me?
A personal message from Diane Langford to the woman spycop who surveilled the women's liberation movement.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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'A “dangerous” paedophile who had worked as a police informer spying on environmental and animal rights activists has been jailed for life.'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/23/former-uk-police-informer-convicted-of-38-paedophile-offences-jailed-for-life
Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life
Judge described Nick Gratwick’s crimes – which included plotting to rape children as young as six – as ‘the stuff of nightmares’
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January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life

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Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life
Judge described Nick Gratwick’s crimes – which included plotting to rape children as young as six – as ‘the stuff of nightmares’
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January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life | Crime

https://www.europesays.com/2725680/

A “dangerous” paedophile who had worked as a police informer spying on environmental and animal rights activists has…
Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life | Crime - EUROPE SAYS
A “dangerous” paedophile who had worked as a police informer spying on environmental and animal rights activists has been jailed for life.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A “dangerous” paedophile who had worked as a police informer spying on environmental and animal rights activists has been jailed for life. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life
Judge described Nick Gratwick’s crimes – which included plotting to rape children as young as six – as ‘the stuff of nightmares’
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg
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January 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM