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Allison Pearson’s ‘Jew haters’ tweet is at centre of Telegraph’s row with police

Allison Pearson’s ‘Jew haters’ tweet is at centre of Telegraph’s row with police



Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s post was ‘racist and inflammatory’Daily Telegraph readers have woken up this week to successive front-page headlines alleging a grave threat to free speech, triggered by a star columnist’s “Kafkaesque” encounter with police.The rightwing broadsheet described how Essex police had told Allison Pearson on her doorstep last weekend that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a tweet last year. Continue reading…



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Author : Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Publish date : 2024-11-15 12:39:18

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