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| Home Office silence over Bob Lambert claim | Home Office silence over Bob Lambert claim |
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| The Home Office minister responsible for policing appears to be unmoved to take action over the latest allegation surrounding Bob Lambert. | The Home Office minister responsible for policing appears to be unmoved to take action over the latest allegation surrounding Bob Lambert. |
| Earlier this month, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP, highlighted an allegation that Lambert, while working as an undercover policeman, planted an incendiary device which set fire to a Debenhams store. | Earlier this month, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP, highlighted an allegation that Lambert, while working as an undercover policeman, planted an incendiary device which set fire to a Debenhams store. |
| In the parliamentary debate, she asked the minister, Nick Herbert, "what is the Minister going to do now, given that the issue is in the public domain?" | In the parliamentary debate, she asked the minister, Nick Herbert, "what is the Minister going to do now, given that the issue is in the public domain?" |
| Herbert appeared to dodge the question, as Lucas accused him of extraordinary complacency. | Herbert appeared to dodge the question, as Lucas accused him of extraordinary complacency. |
| This week, we asked the Home Office if the minster was doing anything. They have not answered our question. | This week, we asked the Home Office if the minster was doing anything. They have not answered our question. |
| Since the allegation was aired in Parliament, there have been two articles worth reading which argue in favour of a public inquiry into the police's undercover operations. | Since the allegation was aired in Parliament, there have been two articles worth reading which argue in favour of a public inquiry into the police's undercover operations. |
| Lucas herself argued in the New Statesman that "If the allegations turn out to be true, then we must ask: can it be right that officers who commit a crime undercover should be able to do so with impunity?" | Lucas herself argued in the New Statesman that "If the allegations turn out to be true, then we must ask: can it be right that officers who commit a crime undercover should be able to do so with impunity?" |
| Ellie Mae O'Hagan, in the Guardian, criticised the way in which the 12 previous inquiries into undercover policing, each one with the "narrowest possible remit", have followed the same pattern. | Ellie Mae O'Hagan, in the Guardian, criticised the way in which the 12 previous inquiries into undercover policing, each one with the "narrowest possible remit", have followed the same pattern. |
| "The golden rules are: leave stones unturned, concede that things were less than perfect in the particular incident you are investigating, and never widen the investigation beyond the isolated case." | "The golden rules are: leave stones unturned, concede that things were less than perfect in the particular incident you are investigating, and never widen the investigation beyond the isolated case." |
| Meanwhile, for some trenchant analysis of Lambert from an activist perspective, catch this from the Bristling Badger blog. | Meanwhile, for some trenchant analysis of Lambert from an activist perspective, catch this from the Bristling Badger blog. |
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