Episode 352 - Over the Thin Blue Line: the Undercover Police Scandal

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4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Imagine finding out that your partner of six years – the love of your life, the father of your children – had never existed. That during all of your most intimate moments, they’d been spying on you, taking notes to report back to their superiors. That’s what happened to dozens of innocent British women in 2011, when they uncovered the SDS – a super-secretive unit of London’s Met Police.

To infiltrate groups of (mostly harmless) left-wing activists, these officers went undercover, routinely starting long-term sexual relationships with female members, for years at a time. They groomed these women, sometimes even fathering children, only to eventually disappear without a trace. H&S plunge into the gross, ethically murky waters of undercover relationships.

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0:08.8	Hello?
0:09.8	Hello? It's us again.
0:11.0	Yes, and it is time. It has happened. It has begun the tickets for our
0:14.7	Antipede tour are on sale right now and they are flying out of the door so make
0:20.1	sure you get yours before it is too late. It is the truth that Hanna speaks.
0:27.0	This is the last chance to see confessions and tickets are now on sale for Australia and New Zealand.
0:34.0	Quick reminder of where we are going.
0:35.7	On October the 4th, we will be in Brisbane.
0:37.6	On October the 5th, Sydney, on October the 10th, Perth,
0:40.8	October the 11th, Adelaide, October the 12th will be in Melbourne and then on
0:45.3	October the 17th we will of course be finishing off in style in Auckland, New Zealand.
0:52.0	So get your tickets they They are on sale now, probably in the link of this thing that you're listening to.
0:57.5	And we'll see you guys there.
0:58.5	I'm Afu Hirsch. I'm Peter Frankapone.
1:01.0	And in our podcast, Legacy, we explore the lives of some of the biggest characters in history.
1:06.1	This season, we're going to be exploring the life of Margaret Thatcher.
1:09.2	The first female leader of Britain, her 11year premiership completely overhauled British society.
1:15.0	The political legacy of Thatcherism is both pervasive but also controversial.
1:19.4	So who was the woman behind the policies?
1:21.8	Wow, what a titan of modern British history, Peter.
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