Tag Archives: police

Today at the SpyCop enquiry, on photographers

Posted on 3 March 2026 by admin

BLOODY HELL, photographers, did they mean me???? Report by #spycop Carlo ‘Neri’/Soracchi: “No Platform will try to avoid police, but accept that confrontation with them is almost inevitable. Members will speak to officers when being followed, complying with basic requests, … Continue reading →

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Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it

Posted on 24 February 2026 by admin

Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness found in tools Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Tue 24 Feb 2026 07.00 GMTShare A police chief has admitted artificial intelligence used to boost crime … Continue reading →

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I asked Gemini AI, to produced an ‘Artist Statement’ for me.

Posted on 22 February 2026 by admin

For an artist statement for Alan Lodge (often known as “Tash”), the tone needs to be a blend of documentary grit, social activism, and a deep-seated respect for alternative lifestyles. His work isn’t just about taking pictures; it’s about bearing … Continue reading →

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Ban ‘Palestine Action’ has been ruled unlawful by the High Court

Posted on 13 February 2026 by admin
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Interview with Stewart Lee for BBC Radio 4 : Artworks What Happened to Counter-Culture?

Posted on 21 August 2025 by admin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hkx3 ep. 4. Culture Clash My contribution / interview on Beanfield etc at 25:00 mins More than just a cultural trend – counter-culture became a social movement so powerful it shaped institutions, businesses, politics and the attitudes and aspirations of … Continue reading →

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Photography : The only way to prove that you have been clubbed by a policeman

Posted on 30 November 2024 by admin
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The Guardian view on the ‘spy cops’ inquiry: police lies are finally being exposed

Posted on 28 November 2024 by admin

Editorial It is due to the courage of victims that we are learning why these undercover officers behaved as they didThu 28 Nov 2024 18.57 GMTShare Even for those familiar with parts of the stories about women who were deceived into … Continue reading →

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How the battle of Claremont Road changed the world: ‘The whole of alternative London turned up’

Posted on 26 November 2024 by admin

Thirty years ago, more than 500 activists united to save a street – and their actions marked a major turning-point in the environmental movementSteve RoseTue 26 Nov 2024 10.00 GMT Walking through Leyton, in east London, you could easily miss … Continue reading →

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Left Lion : Smokescreen DiY Sound Systems

Posted on 19 November 2024 by admin
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House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem

Posted on 19 November 2024 by admin

Words: Vita FitzSimons, Left Lion Photos: Matt Smith, Alan Tash Lodge, Gary Pfeiffer, Nick Clague @kush1969, Henry Ratcliffe Tuesday 19 November 2024 Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep … Continue reading →

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The undercover copper who spied on Keir Starmer and seduced the activist the young Leftie lawyer was representing.

Posted on 25 October 2024 by admin

Daily Mail . 18 Oct 2024 . By Jane Fryer John Barker was well-built, fit, muscular and attractive with thick, dark hair cut long at the back and shaved at the sides into a mullet, as was the fashion in the late … Continue reading →

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Today in policing history: #spycop Bob Lambert sets fire to Debenhams Store, Harrow, 1987.

Posted on 15 October 2024 by admin

A few short years ago, Bob Lambert’s star was rising high. Having retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2008, he had built on his reputation as a Special Branch Detective Inspector, an expert on terrorism and how to combat it. … Continue reading →

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“That’s the new law. The one where you can lose everything” – The section 60 police powers to evict Traveller roadside camps – two years on

Posted on 13 September 2024 by admin

12 September 2024 Two years after the new anti-Traveller laws came into force, many Gypsies and Travellers; who still go out travelling and who regularly camp ‘roadside’ with their trailers, are increasingly fearful of travelling because they are worried about … Continue reading →

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Me in police negotiation mode at Longstock

Posted on 6 July 2024 by admin

Me in police negotiation mode at Longstock, Hampshire. Starts at 12:00 mins.

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40 Years of the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge: From Anarchy to State Repression to ‘Managed Open Access’

Posted on 21 June 2024 by admin

Please support my work as a reader-funded investigative journalist, commentator and activist. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. To celebrate the summer solstice today, I encourage you read my article from June 1, Joys and … Continue reading →

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We humans and other animals live on this planet’s surface ….

Posted on 25 May 2024 by admin

We humans and other animals live on this planet’s surface. We are supposed to be here. However, since Enclosure Act 1773, we have fences put up around us with signs saying keep out! Travellers and festival goers have been acutely … Continue reading →

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Revisited the Beanfield : 16 May 2024

Posted on 20 May 2024 by admin

Revisited the Beanfield last week.  TV company wanted to do an interview about it all, the terrors of the afternoon and the implications for us all since. Facebook Pix : https://tinyurl.com/2bcwgwd4 Before meeting them, I insisted that they watched our … Continue reading →

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Our right to roam – victory for Gypsies and Travellers in High Court challenge

Posted on 14 May 2024 by admin

Travellers Times 14 May 2024 ‘Anti Traveller’ law declared “unjustified discrimination” by High Court judge The High Court has today ruled that certain parts in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that were introduced in 2022 (the anti-Traveller … Continue reading →

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Dance in protest: 30 years of the UK’s anti-rave Criminal Justice Bill

Posted on 3 May 2024 by admin

DJmag HAROLD HEATH 1 May 2024, 14:30 1st May 1994 was the first big London protest against the looming Criminal Justice Bill, the piece of legislation that first proscribed a genre of music — rave music, “wholly or predominantly categorised … Continue reading →

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Kinder Trespassers ‘would today be kettled and labelled extremists’

Posted on 27 April 2024 by admin

Bob Smith, EditorMonday 25 April 2016 01:57 PM GMT If the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass took place in 2016, its participants would likely have been kettled before getting out of the car park and labelled extremists, an outdoors expert said. … Continue reading →

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