Allison Pearson My week from hell

[Social Media]

 

Allison Pearson, a prominent journalist, recounts a troubling week that she says reflects the decline of the Britain she once trusted—a nation known for fairness, freedom, and common sense. Pearson describes a visit from police officers to her home on Remembrance Sunday, an event triggered by a single complaint about a tweet she posted over a year ago. The officers informed her she was under investigation but refused to specify the offending tweet or identify the complainant, a situation she found absurd and indicative of a broken system.  

 

 

Pearson links her experience to what she sees as a broader issue of misplaced police priorities. She criticizes law enforcement for pursuing cases like hers while neglecting what she considers real crimes such as burglaries or car thefts. She claims police are increasingly focused on issues like trans rights and “spurious Non-Crime Hate Incidents” rather than serving the needs of the majority, including victims of anti-Semitism and other hate crimes.  

 

 

The offending tweet, as later reported by *The Guardian*, was posted in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas attacks. Upset by the perceived leniency shown to pro-Palestine marchers who displayed anti-Semitic slogans, Pearson criticized the police for refusing to pose for a photo with her group, British Friends of Israel, while allegedly smiling with individuals she referred to as “Jew haters.” She promptly deleted the tweet upon realizing the image in question predated the current crisis.  

 

Pearson insists her criticism was aimed at the police’s inconsistent standards rather than any racial or religious group. She says her comments were made in the context of rising anti-Semitism, which she has actively campaigned against for over a year. She notes, however, that her case has been categorized as inciting racial hatred, a far more serious accusation than the “Non-Crime Hate Incident” she initially assumed.  

 

Pearson highlights what she sees as double standards in policing and politics. She points to instances where inflammatory remarks by public figures, such as a Labour MP’s tweet accusing Kemi Badenoch of representing “white supremacy in blackface,” went unpunished, while her own actions faced intense scrutiny. Similarly, she cites the case of an imam whose call to “destroy Jewish homes” was dismissed by police, drawing a stark contrast with her own treatment.  

 

Despite her criticism, Pearson acknowledges that not all officers share this approach. She recounts receiving support from senior police officials outside Essex who expressed disbelief at how her case was handled. One officer wrote to her, emphasizing the true mission of policing: to protect and support those in fear or danger and to hold wrongdoers accountable.  

 

Pearson finds solace in these messages but remains deeply concerned about the direction of British policing and its impact on free speech. As she and her legal team prepare for the next steps, she reflects on what she sees as a critical moment for Britain—a country that, in her view, must reclaim its principles of fairness and freedom.

 

Based on a report by Daily Telegraph 2024-11-21

 

 

 

[JonnyF]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

She claims police are increasingly focused on issues like trans rights and “spurious Non-Crime Hate Incidents” rather than serving the needs of the majority, including victims of anti-Semitism and other hate crimes

 

Police should have nothing to do with "non crimes".

 

The clue is in the name. 

 

Hate is a natural human emotion. Not a pleasant one, but look at all the hate towards certain GOP leaders on the forum and you can see it very clearly. You cannot police hate, any more than you can police love, or anger, or sadness. If it's a non crime, they shouldn't get involved, there are plenty of other things they could do like stopping terrorist attacks, knife crime or rape gangs. 

 

The UK police are increasing resembling The Stasi. 

[herfiehandbag]

The performance of the Essex police force, shown in the graph in the OP makes truly dismal reading! Not one category of crime reached a 20% "clear up rate"!

[BritManToo]

The UK police always chase the easy collar.

And the white middle classes are the easiest ever!

Edited 21 hours ago by BritManToo

[Chomper Higgot]

I’m a supporter of free speech, but for goodness sake there is surely a limit to the amount of whining and whinging Ms Pearson can engage in.

[Chomper Higgot]

16 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Police should have nothing to do with "non crimes".

 

The clue is in the name. 

 

Hate is a natural human emotion. Not a pleasant one, but look at all the hate towards certain GOP leaders on the forum and you can see it very clearly. You cannot police hate, any more than you can police love, or anger, or sadness. If it's a non crime, they shouldn't get involved, there are plenty of other things they could do like stopping terrorist attacks, knife crime or rape gangs. 

 

The UK police are increasing resembling The Stasi. 

The police have made a caregiver statement that officers did not inform Ms  Pearson that they were following up a ‘non-crime’, they did not use the term.

 

The Telegraph’s reporting on the matter has been reported to the independent press standards organization.

 

We will soon enough learn who is lying, Ms Pearson and The Telegraph or Police.

 

 

[BritManToo]

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

We will soon enough learn who is lying, Ms Pearson and The Telegraph or Police.

I'm betting the police were lying.

But she shouldn't have talked to them without a lawyer present.

Edited 20 hours ago by BritManToo

[Celsius]

Just now, BritManToo said:

I'm betting the police were lying.

 

You trust the police more than a woman?

[JonnyF]

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The police have made a caregiver statement that officers did not inform Ms  Pearson that they were following up a ‘non-crime’, they did not use the term.

 

Whether they used the term or not remains to be seen but is not really relevant. She has not committed a crime, therefore by definition they were following up on a non crime, whether they used that specific term or not while doing it.

 

If I shoot someone, it remains a shooting whether or not I use the term "shoot" while pulling the trigger. 

[Yagoda]

The Left can only impose their hateful ideology on a cowed and quiet public. Be quiet prole, dont question your masters.

 

The only things that can thwart the Left in their desire to "eliminate" the capitalist exploiters are robust free speech and an armed populace. Britain has neither.

 

 

[JonnyF]

9 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m a supporter of free speech, but for goodness sake there is surely a limit to the amount of whining and whinging Ms Pearson can engage in.

 

Great point, she should really just shut up like the Police want her to. After all this is what this is all about, scaring people into silence. 

 

Doesn't she understand that, the stupid woman? Always have to have the last word in any argument, don't they Chomps .

[RuamRudy]

30 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m a supporter of free speech, but for goodness sake there is surely a limit to the amount of whining and whinging Ms Pearson can engage in.

That's her and her employer's entire business model. Whining and whinging about a contrived notion of 'wokeness' sells papers and clicks to the perma-angry. 

[Bkk Brian]

11 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

That's her and her employer's entire business model. Whining and whinging about a contrived notion of 'wokeness' sells papers and clicks to the perma-angry. 

Its won website of the year 2 years in a row as voted by the UK Press Gazette Judges so it must be doing something right, is it really all down to clicks to the perma angry?

[RuamRudy]

37 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its won website of the year 2 years in a row as voted by the UK Press Gazette Judges so it must be doing something right, is it really all down to clicks to the perma angry?

 

Doing something right? That all depends on what is considered 'right'.

 

According to the Press Gazette themselves, the awards "celebrate publishers that are successfully experimenting with new technology to grow their audience, who have produced astonishing interactive storytelling, wowed new audiences with beautiful video, carved out a sustainable future by winning new subscribers and delighted our eardrums with perfectly produced podcasts

 

"As well as the content itself, their judging criteria included looking at design, usability, and evidence of commercial and audience success."

 

So successfully appealing to their target market, the red faced perma-angry with a broad streak of jingoism running through them, is enough to win an award.

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

 

Doing something right? That all depends on what is considered 'right'.

 

According to the Press Gazette themselves, the awards "celebrate publishers that are successfully experimenting with new technology to grow their audience, who have produced astonishing interactive storytelling, wowed new audiences with beautiful video, carved out a sustainable future by winning new subscribers and delighted our eardrums with perfectly produced podcasts

 

"As well as the content itself, their judging criteria included looking at design, usability, and evidence of commercial and audience success."

 

So successfully appealing to their target market, the red faced perma-angry with a broad streak of jingoism running through them, is enough to win an award.

Yes doing something right and yes I read it all, I check facts before posting claims and there is also a lot you missed out. 

Judges described the Telegraph’s website as an “outstanding product” that had utilised “excellent design” to tell the biggest stories of the year – such as the Lockdown Files, the Coronation and the war in Ukraine – “in an imaginative and innovative way”.

 

The Telegraph also has a higher proportion of young readers, must be those  "red faced perma-angry with a broad streak of jingoism running through them, is enough to win an award." that you are imagining again

 

 

[RuamRudy]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The Telegraph also has a higher proportion of young readers, must be those  "red faced perma-angry with a broad streak of jingoism running through them, is enough to win an award." that you are imagining again

 

 

Now now, don't be so ageist - there is no reason that the young can't be red faced and perma-angry. 

 

‘We feel castrated’: the young British men embracing right-wing, misogynistic politics

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

 

Now now, don't be so ageist - there is no reason that the young can't be red faced and perma-angry. 

 

‘We feel castrated’: the young British men embracing right-wing, misogynistic politics

Now claiming I was being ageist while you dream about what the readership of the Telegraph 

Edited 19 hours ago by Bkk Brian

[RuamRudy]

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Now claiming I was being ageist while you dream about what the readership of the Telegraph 

 

The knots you tie yourself in are truly bewildering.

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, RuamRudy said:

 

The knots you tie yourself in are truly bewildering.

Perhaps check back who actually voted, it was the Press Gazette judges not you imaginary red faced perma-angry readership.

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Police should have nothing to do with "non crimes".

 

The clue is in the name. 

 

Hate is a natural human emotion. Not a pleasant one, but look at all the hate towards certain GOP leaders on the forum and you can see it very clearly. You cannot police hate, any more than you can police love, or anger, or sadness. If it's a non crime, they shouldn't get involved, there are plenty of other things they could do like stopping terrorist attacks, knife crime or rape gangs. 

 

The UK police are increasing resembling The Stasi. 

 

I agree with everything you write regarding what the police should and should not be doing, but your 'The Stasi' anaolgy is ludicrous.

 

You're not Labour MP Graham Stringer by any chance?

 

 

[NanLaew]

Meanwwhile, almost five years ago...

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/14/police-compared-stasi-gestapo-judge-rules-interfered-freedom/

[JonnyF]

32 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

I agree with everything you write regarding what the police should and should not be doing, but your 'The Stasi' anaolgy is ludicrous.

 

You're not Labour MP Graham Stringer by any chance?

 

 

 

Not really ridiculous when you have police knokcing on your door to "have a word with you" about something that isn't a crime, for words/thoughts they cannot disclose, reported by someone they cannot reveal, for a social media post they will not divulge. 

 

It's pretty sinister, even more so when people have actually been receiving jail sentences (rushed through the courts at breakneck speed) for social media posts that simply ask questions about government policy, essentially asking "what happens when the immigrants come to my town?". 

 

It's actually a pretty fair comparison if you think about it. 

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Great point, she should really just shut up like the Police want her to. After all this is what this is all about, scaring people into silence. 

 

Doesn't she understand that, the stupid woman? Always have to have the last word in any argument, don't they Chomps .

I expect she’ll go quiet when IPSO report their findings.

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

Not really ridiculous when you have police knokcing on your door to "have a word with you" about something that isn't a crime, for words/thoughts they cannot disclose, reported by someone they cannot reveal, for a social media post they will not divulge. 

 

It's pretty sinister, even more so when people have actually been receiving jail sentences (rushed through the courts at breakneck speed) for social media posts that simply ask questions about government policy, essentially asking "what happens when the immigrants come to my town?". 

 

It's actually a pretty fair comparison if you think about it. 

 

 

 

Pretty fair comparison?

 

From wiki (my emphasis)

 

'It was one of the most repressive police organisations in the world, infiltrating almost every aspect of life in East Germany, using torture, intimidation and a vast network of informants to crush dissent. ...

 

Officers tortured prisoners by isolating them, depriving them of sleep and using psychological tricks such as threatening to arrest relatives. ...

 

The Stasi also conducted espionage and other clandestine operations outside the GDR through its subordinate foreign-intelligence service..."

 

Hardly.

[Red Forever]

Two tier policing exposed!

A poor woman who only spoke the truth to millions of fair minded Telegraph readers is door stepped by police yet a few thousand farmers bring chaos to road users with their demonstration in London yesterday by blocking roads.

Just stop oil protesters who blocked (or only planned) to block roads are currently banged up for 5 years.

How many protesting farmers are in custody?

Double standards or what?

[mokwit]

9 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Just stop oil protesters who blocked (or only planned) to block roads are currently banged up for 5 years.

Wasn't the "road" they were conspiring to block actually a runway and that was why they were jailed after previously blocking roads with impunity?