Harold Wilson, one of Britain’s most left-wing prime ministers, was delighted by MI5’s surveillance of a seafarers’ strike in the 1960s.
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Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up
The late monarch knew about the treachery of her art curator Anthony Blunt a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
Revealed: After clearing MI5 of torture, Keir Starmer attended its chief’s leaving party
Red List: MI5’s Culture War
What is MI5 hiding in its secret 60 year-old files?
‘A possible coup’ against the Labour government?
How MI5 is helping to cover up sexual abuse
Partygate referees: why are they so spooky?
MI5 report on Troubles to stay secret, court rules
Why I took the police to court over a 48-year-old secret document
Declassified UK’s chief reporter enters the Kafkaesque world of official secrecy as he tries to uncover the British state’s involvement in a notorious terrorist bombing for which no one has been held to account.