Police should focus on tackling crime, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested in his first public comments about the free speech row over social media remarks by the Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson.

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Starmer: Briti politsei tegelegu vägivaldse kuritegevuse, mitte sotsiaalmeediaga

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Starmer: British police should deal with violent crime, not social media

SIR Keir Starmer has told cops to focus “on what matters to communities” — not on tweets. The PM waded into the free speech row after a journalist was quizzed over a year-old deleted message. The backlash grew as it emerged children as young as nine and people at work are being investigated for so-called non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs). Sir Keir, in ­Brazil today for the G20 summit, told reporters: “Firstly, obviously, this is a matter for the …

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Police should focus on violent crime and burglaries, not social media, says Starmer

UK police should focus on fighting violent and property crime, not dealing with people's social media posts that someone has complained about, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.

Ühendkuningriigi politsei peaks keskenduma vägivaldsete ja varavastaste kuritegude vastu võitlemisele, mitte aga tegelema inimeste sotsiaalmeedia postitustega, mille peale keegi kaebuse on esitanud, ütles Briti peaminister Keir Starmer.

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Police should focus on tackling crime, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested in his first public comments about the free speech row over social media remarks by the Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson.A row over police priorities has broken out after Pearson, a 64-year-old Telegraph journalist, was visited by police officers at her home on Remembrance Sunday regarding an investigation into a social media post from November 2023.Starmer was asked by me…

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SIR Keir Starmer has told cops to focus “on what matters to communities” — not on tweets.
The PM waded into the free speech row after a journalist was quizzed over a year-old deleted message.
The backlash grew as it emerged children as young as nine and people at work are being investigated for…

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Keir Starmer responds to free speech row after journalist quizzed & tells cops to ‘focus on what matters to communities’

Sir Keir Starmer said forces should ‘concentrate on what matters most to communities’ after officers visited columnist Allison Pearson over a social media post

Police should focus on violent crime and burglaries, not social media, says Starmer

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