The public inquiry into Undercover Policing has now been running for 11 years; in that time, we have heard from many of the police officers who posed as activists to infiltrate a wide range of our movements. Most recently, we have finally got to the deployments of the late 1990s and 2000s, with revelations about the targeting of Reclaim the Streets, The Camp for Climate Action, Earth First!, No Borders, Dissent!, Palestine Solidarity, Campaign Against The Arms Trade, Stop the War, as well as numerous other anti-fascists, socialists, anarchists, and others.

Tom Fowler was just another activist who was spied on for his involvement in anarchist activism. He has attended every single day of the inquiry, broadcasting videos in all the breaks, and releasing regular podcasts.