If only spycops were just paranoid fantasy | Letter

It is highly unlikely that spying on protest groups and politicians has ceased.In arguing that the era of political police spying is over, Paul Mason does a disservice to the desperately needed public debate around spying on political and protest groups.For this reason, it is more important now than ever that the undercover policing inquiry does its work properly in an open and transparent fashion, providing those much-needed answers.