Underground, Overground

There’s been quite the hoo-ha regarding the undercover policeman who penetrated the Green movement and ended up a member of the Ratcliffe Six, and the more recent revelations about an undercover WPC who had done pretty much the same, both at great cost to the tax payer. But honestly, what did people expect?

There are shadowy powers all around us, as there have been for decades, if not centuries, insinuating their way into, and manipulating the progress of, groups who run counter to the establishment. Why are we surprised?