The annual ritual of  undisclosed conversations from thirty years ago is underway. To someone of my generation, this recalls the miner’s strike and notions of the so-called ‘enemy within’. The link to a report by Alan Travis, Home Editor at the Guardian. The coverage at the FT also makes a generous offer to any other with specific interest in the period. Paul Mason and crew deliver an audio-visual report here on Channel 4 News.

The cartoon draws a parallel with our own contemporary militant tendency.