Allison Pearson said to be negotiating exit from Daily Telegraph amid job cull Columnist’s relations with some senior editorial figures said to be strained over subjects she raised in her columns The Guardian - UK · Oct 28
Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London Met forced to rebut misinformation amplified by X users as Musk accused of inciting violence with protest comments The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2025
Lucy Connolly tells Reform UK conference she would ‘love’ to work with party The party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, welcomed her comments in his speech immediately after her live interview for a podcast. Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2025
Police correctly investigated Allison Pearson’s alleged racism, review finds Telegraph columnist was visited by ‘exemplary’ officer after complaint about inaccurate tweet she later deleted The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025
Police ‘acted reasonably’ in Allison Pearson ‘hate crime’ case, report finds The visit to her home sparked a backlash, including from former Conservative prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025
What are ‘non-crime hate incidents’ which have become so hated in the UK? Children in England and Wales have been investigated by police for calling each other names, a study has found. Al Jazeera · Dec 21, 2024
Tuesday briefing: Why everyone’s suddenly worked up about ‘non-crime hate incidents’ In today’s newsletter: A police visit to a Daily Telegraph columnist about a tweet unleashed a barrage of coverage – but the story is more complicated than it appears The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024
I’ll defend Allison Pearson’s right to be obnoxious – as she should defend mine Police investigation into writer’s alleged tweet has sparked a debate over free speech, albeit a somewhat selective one The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024
‘Rough haircut’ logged by City of London Police as hate incident Debate over ‘appalling’ treatment of Telegraph writer Allison Pearson continues as it emerges children as young as nine investigated Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2024
Essex police drop Allison Pearson case after CPS advice Police were advised there was no chance of conviction against journalist after hate crime investigation, Guardian understands The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2024
Allison Pearson: Police drop investigation into social media post by journalist Allison Pearson was probed by Essex Police for year-old social media post The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024
Police close investigation into social media post by journalist Allison Pearson and order review of probe Essex Police also announced an independent review will be conducted into the force’s handling of the case Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024
Police close investigation into social media post by journalist Allison Pearson Essex Police also announced an independent review will be conducted into the force’s handling of the case. The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024
‘You are not the thought police’: Top Tory weighs in on Allison Pearson row at police chiefs summit Chris Philp has called for guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten and expressed caution over ‘new bureaucracies’ after government announced a national police performance unit The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024 Anatomy of a non-scandal: the defence of Allison Pearson reveals how ‘free speech’ has been weaponised The Telegraph journalist sent a deeply offensive and inaccurate tweet. Yet she has won the support of a swath of newspapers, an ex-PM – and Elon Musk, writes Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024 Allison, I know the world is killing you – but where did it all go wrong? Somewhere along the way Pearson lost her sense of humour and now finds herself at the centre of a storm
Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024 Police should focus on ‘crimes that matters most’ not tweets, PM says amid Telegraph writer row Officers visited Allison Pearson at her Essex home over a year-old deleted message on X, formerly Twitter
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024 Starmer says police should focus on ‘what matters most’ amid Pearson tweet investigation PM’s comments come as controversy continues about investigation into Telegraph columnist’s deleted tweet
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024 What is the Allison Pearson ‘racist’ tweet incident all about? Critics claim Essex police’s investigation into the Daily Telegraph columnist represents a threat to free speech and a waste of police resources
The National (Scotland) · Nov 17, 2024 Police go to media watchdog over 'false reports' on right-wing columnist hate probe ESSEX Police have taken the exceptional decision to publish quotes from officers after “a large amount of false reporting” centred on an…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024 Essex police defend their investigation of Allison Pearson tweet Force says Telegraph writer accused of inciting racial hatred, rather than committing a non-crime hate incident as she had claimed
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2024 Allison Pearson: Police investigating criminal offence after ‘dumbfounded’ columnist’s social media post Allison Pearson is being probed by Essex Police over a social media post from one year ago
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024 Police probe of journalist Allison Pearson over social media post ‘absolutely wrong’, says Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch said people should not be reporting others to the police ‘because they don’t like something’
The National (Scotland) · Nov 15, 2024 Journalist in 'hate crime' police row accused of making 'racist' tweet A JOURNALIST at the centre of a major hate speech row has been accused of penning a “racist” tweet said to have led to a police interview.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024 Allison Pearson’s ‘racist’ tweet is at centre of Telegraph’s row with police Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s ‘Jew haters’ post was inflammatory