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Lush praised for raising awareness of the spycops scandal

COSMETICS brand Lush was praised by campaigners today for its nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the spycops scandal and ensuing Establishment cover-up.

In collaboration with campaign group Police Spies Out of Lives, Lush will be highlighting the ever-increasing secrecy of the ongoing spycops inquiry with displays in its stores for the next three weeks.

Customers will be asked to sign a postcard to Sajid Javid calling on the new Home Secretary to appoint a panel of experts to the inquiry, expand its remit to Scotland and to release the personal files of victims.

Campaigner Andrea, who was deceived into a long-term relationship by notorious spycop Carlo Neri, said she was delighted with Lush’s support. She said: “As victims of abusive undercover policing, we are dismayed by the current situation with the inquiry.

“So far, £10.5 million of public money has been spent on what seems like a vastly expensive cover-up.

“We want to know which groups were spied on, the names of the officers who infiltrated our lives and we want to access those secret files which are held on us.

“There can be no healing without truth.”

Blacklist Support Group secretary Dave Smith praised Lush founder Mark Constantine, telling the Star: “He promised to publicise the spycops issue in every store across the UK and he has lived up to his word.”

Mr Smith criticised negative responses on social media from former police officers, quickly amplified by the right-wing press.

“The backlash against exposing the truth about the dirty secrets the British state would prefer to stay hidden says a lot about the nature of the free press and their supposed role in holding power to account.”

Mr Smith said it was “turning into a secret inquiry,” adding: “The British state doesn’t want its dirty anti-democratic secrets aired in public.

“In its current form, the public inquiry is heading towards being a good old-fashioned Establishment whitewash.”

The inquiry has been beset by problems since it was launched in 2015.

There has been growing discontent among non-police or state participants, with concerns raised about former undercover officers being granted anonymity, as well as the slow speed of progress.

Campaigners were dismayed earlier this month when inquiry chairman John Mitting said the final report would not be delivered until December 2023.

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