15 May, 2022		INDEX
Collapse of Berlin wall brings the Stasi to Britain The state was not justified in devoting so many resources "towards surveillance of people with whom they do not agree -- it is a kind of thought police. The scale of it is also quite Orwellian," Lindsey German, an SWP member for 30 years, told the Spycops inquiry. This inquiry, which has been delayed for years by procedural wrangling, is into the rather serious matter that the under cover police officers had entered into sexual relationships with environmentalists and protestors and even fathered children (among other matters). On the other hand the police and MI5 were collecting information of the character that someone donated £2 to an SWP campaign and even produced a 171 page report on a public SWP annual conference. When we had the Berlin wall the East Germans recruited networks of people who spied on their neighbours. Probably only about 2.5% of the population were active paid informants, but as many as 25% may have dipped into and out of informing from time to time. Download this newsletter to find out how Britain is becoming Stasi style a nation of informers. References see undercover cops inquiry web site. Morning Star: What have we learned?