Anarchists are taken their battle with authority to the next level.

Rather than donning the usual V for Vendetta masks in government protests (Russell Brand we’re looking at you) anarchists have started trolling the police with words.

Dozens of posters have been spotted on bus stops across London, including outside Scotland Yard and the Royal Courts of Justice, with slightly awkward messages for the Met.

Others were seen in Peckham, New Cross, Elephant & Castle, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Waterloo, Camberwell and Brixton.


One referred to Operation Tiberius, a corruption probe, while another highlighted deaths in custody.

The messages appear to be a reaction to the Metropolitan Police’s ‘confidence campaign‘ carried out in March.



Special Patrol Group is thought to be behind the posters, which were designed by STRIKE! Magazine.

A spokesman for the Met Police said: ‘A number of similar posters purporting to be from the MPS were removed from locations in Coldharbour Lane, Lambeth on Sunday, 2 August. These posters were not displayed inside advertising space.

‘A number of similar posters purporting to be from the MPS were removed from locations in Coldharbour Lane, Lambeth on Sunday, 2 August. These posters were not displayed inside advertising space.’

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