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Zack Polanski has kicked off a charm offensive designed to convince trade unions to stop funding Labour and throw their weight behind the Green party, as he delivered the first in a series of speeches to union conferences.
Police have already made contact with the US Department of Justice in an attempt to secure the release of documents relating to Mandelson, 72, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as they investigate claims that both men leaked sensitive government information to paedophile financier Epstein. However, there are growing concerns that formal requests for the emails will need to be submitted under a legal agreement between the US and the UK if American authorities decide to play hardball.
An undercover officer who deceived three women into sexual relationships said his superiors did nothing to prevent him from doing so, the spycops public inquiry has heard. Jim Boyling, who infiltrated environmental and animal rights activist groups for five years, said senior managers turned a blind eye to undercover officers having deceitful sexual relationships, often lasting years, with women. His managers adopted an attitude of don't ask, don't tell, he said. The three women have described how his betrayal devastated them.
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