At this point I would imagine that the UK state has a file on pretty much anyone who has joined a political party, signed a petition, turned up to a demonstration and so on. It’s probably been like this at least since the start of the 20th Century and is now - with the help of big tech - able to do it at scale. I’m pretty paranoid about this sort of stuff but I reckon the UK is riddled with inoffizielle Mitarbeiter types who live on our streets or work with us. And that all the political parties from left to right are infiltrated with state operatives. We live in a country with a only a vaneer of freedom and democracy.