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 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 ...

The police should not be policing thought or speech.“Police time should only be spent on criminality or behaviour likely to lead imminently to criminality.“I urge the Govt to urgently change the guidelines on NCHIs to stop it happening again.

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.

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 ...