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UK: Police tried to spy on Cambridge students, secret footage shows (1)

16 November 2013

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"Police sought to launch a secret operation to spy on the political activities of students at Cambridge University, a covertly recorded film reveals.

An officer monitoring political campaigners attempted to persuade an activist in his 20s to become an informant and feed him information about students and other protesters in return for money."

See the full story: Police tried to spy on Cambridge students, secret footage shows - Officer is filmed attempting to persuade activist in his 20s to become informant targeting 'student-union type stuff' (Guardian, link)

And: It's no surprise that police were willing to spy on Cambridge students like me - The role of universities as spaces of creativity, dissent and education is under threat from the government and police (Guardian, link)

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