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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 ...
Female journalists are rallying around Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson, saying they could be next to face police investigations for their social media posts or columns. Pearson is being ...
The Allison Pearson affair may superficially be about policing. But amidst the maelstrom it has shone a light on 4 P’s: personality, politics, policy, and populism in the county of Essex. The ...
This is how I feel about the treatment of Allison Pearson. We have completely different world views: I disagree strongly with some of her opinions and I am sure she does with mine.
Police face a growing backlash after it emerged a journalist is under criminal investigation for allegedly stirring up “racial hatred” over a year-old social media post. Allison Pearson, a ...
The police force at the centre of the Allison Pearson row has not investigated a controversial imam who called for “Zionists” to be destroyed. Users of X, formerly Twitter, alerted Essex ...
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 ...
Like her or loathe her, the Allison Pearson row shows why we all have a stake in defending free speech, writes Silkie Carlo.