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Helen Corbett

Police probe of journalist Allison Pearson over social media post ‘absolutely wrong’, says Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch has said people need to stop “wasting police time on trivial incidents” after officers visited a journalist at her home over a year-old tweet.

The Conservative Party leader said such incidents are “like children reporting each other” and that Sir Keir Starmer should review laws around them to show he believes in free speech.

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