Javid attacks Lush’s #spycops campaign but ignores victims like me | Alison

The home secretary is happy to tweet, but when we asked to meet him we heard nothing

• Alison is a pseudonym for one of eight women who successfully took legal action against the Metropolitan police over the conduct of undercover officers

The Lush #spycops campaign, launched last week, is the latest – and arguably the most successful – attempt to draw this ongoing police scandal to the public’s attention. Its aim is to put pressure on the home secretary to restore public confidence in the inquiry into undercover policing that was established in 2015 by Theresa May to discover the truth about the activities of these secret policing units. The inquiry has been fraught with difficulties.

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