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Evening Standard
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Anthony France

Police should focus on ‘crimes that matters most’ not tweets, PM says amid Telegraph writer row

Sir Keir Starmer has told police to prioritise “what matters to communities” amid a row over a police investigation into a journalist’s social media posts.

The Prime Minister waded into the free speech row after officers visited Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson at her Essex home over a year-old deleted message on X, formerly Twitter.

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