Essex Police has dropped its investigation into Allison Pearson, the Telegraph journalist, for an alleged hate crime. Pearson, an award-winning writer, was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in November ...

When Allison Pearson posted on X in the wake of the pro-Palestine protests, she never expected to find herself at the centre of a major police investigation. But on Remembrance Sunday, the award-winning writer found herself questioned at her home by two officers accusing her of hate speech.

Essex Police have confirmed they are investigating alleged criminal racial hatred after columnist Allison Pearson said she was “dumbfounded and upset” when she was questioned by police last week.

Essex Police have closed an investigation into columnist Allison Pearson for alleged incitement of racial hatred over a social media post. The force said it would be conducting an independent review will be launched into the force’s handling of the case ...

From Shakespeare’s Constable Dogberry to Gilbert and Sullivan’s policemen of Penzance, the comic potential of the British plod has long been recognised. It was clearly on display with the spectacle of two uniformed constables who turned up on Allison Pearson’s doorstep this Remembrance Sunday.

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A Labour MP has labelled the police investigation into Allison Pearson over a social media post as “Stasi-like”.Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South, said the police should be focusing on fighting crime rather than intimidating journalists and threatening press freedom.