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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Uniformed police officers were wrong to march in Pride event, high court rules

Several rainbow flags representing different parts of the LGBTQ+ community
Pride flags in the US. The campaign group Fair Cop argued that flags seen at the Newcastle event signalled political associations associated with gender ideology. Photograph: Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Police chiefs have been left stunned after the high court ruled officers were wrong to wear their uniforms to take part in last year’s Pride festival in Newcastle.

The judgment found that the chief constable of Northumbria acted “irrationally” and breached a duty of impartiality by officially supporting the event, which was alleged to have supported views that people could change their gender.

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