By Sam Fentress, CC BY-SA 2.0
One of Theresa May’s final acts as Home Secretary was, after seven months of stalling, to formally exclude Scotland from the public inquiry into political undercover policing.
The slew of scandalous spycops revelations since Mark Kennedy was unmasked in 2010 has forced the government to announce this public inquiry, to be led by Lord Justice Pitchford. Despite the Scottish government demanding otherwise, it will be limited to events in England and Wales.
