Caroline Lucas has used parliamentary privilege to allege that an undercover copper firebombed a department store. Lucas claimed that Bob Lambert, famous for being the police spy who slept with Greens to maintain his cover, was given permission to set fire to the store apparently in order to prove himself to suspects. She asked the House:

“Did Bob Lambert plant an incendiary device? If so, who authorised him to and why? Someone [in the police] must have authorised him to set fire to that department store”.

The outgoing Green leader has called for an independent inquiry into undercover policing. Revenge is a dish best served flambé…