The police have come under fire for a shocking assault on free speech, following their heavy-handed raid on Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson’s home on Sunday. All because of a year-old post she shared on X – the contents of which she isn’t even allowed to know. She’s now under investigation for a so-called “non-crime hate incident.” Though the police chose the wrong target if they were hoping for an easy ride…
The backlash has been swift, with high-profile figures taking aim at the attack on free speech. Boris Johnson weighed in last night, posting:
“How can Starmer’s Britain lecture other countries about free speech when an innocent journalist gets a knock on the door – for a tweet? Our police have their hands full of burglaries and violent crime. They are being forced to behave like a woke Securitate – and it has to stop.”
Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, and Iain Duncan Smith have also come to Pearson’s defence, slamming the force for policing tweets rather than the streets. Meanwhile tech billionaire Elon Musk also took a swing at the madness – posting “this needs to stop”. Starmer’s Britain is looking more Orwellian by the day…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”