is she as concerned as i am by the stasi-like interview that was given to allison pearson of the daily telegraphday? does she agree that the essex police force and other police forces would be better trying to deal with shoplifting, burglaries and other crimes, rather than intimidating journalists? >> free speech and our press are incredibly important -- they are part of our democracy -- but in direct response to my honorable friend's question, the police are independent and it is a live investigation, so it would not be appropriate for me to comment on that. i believe that we should have a free press. it is part of our democracy, and we should have free speech, but with that comes responsibility for those who do it. >> saqib bhatti. >> yesterday, i met 3 constituents in parliament, duncan hawley, his wife nicola and his 10-year-old daughter hattie. duncan is a sheep farmer, and he has stewarded his family farm for most of his life. he is outraged, hurt and worried about the government's deeply damaging family farm tax. he is deeply worried about food security, food inflation and whether he will

is she as concerned as i am by the stasi-like interview that was given to allison pearson of the daily telegrapheek last sunday? does she agree that the essex police force and other police forces would be better trying to deal with shoplifting, burglaries and other crimes, rather than intimidating journalists? >> free speech and our press are incredibly important -- they are part of our democracy -- but in direct response to my honorable friend's question, the police are independent and it is a live investigation, so it would not be appropriate for me to comment on that. i believe that we should have a free press. it is part of our democracy, and we should have free speech, but with that comes responsibility for those who do it. >> saqib bhatti. >> yesterday, i met 3 constituents in parliament, duncan hawley, his wife nicola and his 10-year-old daughter hattie. duncan is a sheep farmer, and he has stewarded his family farm for most of his life. he is outraged, hurt and worried about the government's deeply damaging family farm tax. he is deeply worried about food security, food inflation and whe

rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight as the police double down on their treatment of telegraph columnist allison pearson true scale of the pearson, the true scale of the police's orwellian investigations into non—crime hate incidents is revealed. president elect donald trump has officially won the house and senate, and with the majority of republican appointees on the supreme court, the trump train has surely become unstoppable. some deeply saddening news has emerged. the guardian has withdrawn from twitter owing to what it calls toxic content. i bet elon musk is crying into his cornflakes. plus , state of the cornflakes. plus, state of the nafion cornflakes. plus, state of the nation book club returns with lieutenant general sir simon mayall on his new book, the house of war the struggle between christendom and the caliphate state of the nation starts now . starts now. i'll also be joined by my most intellectual panel, gb news senior political commentator latest headlines. these are your latest headlines. i'd like to start the hour with some breaking news. a 17 year some breaking news. a17 year old girl

allison pearson has written bestselling books and has been a legacy journalist within the telegraph andles. i think for what, 30 years? i mean, it's absurd that a woman of this stature. yeah, absolutely. >> and there's an issue here with possibly being retribution from the police force because she's been critical of the police force , essex police police force, essex police force, before she's helped her friend with a domestic violence case. and the police, you know, complained about the language she used. so, i mean, i think we need an investigation to see what the internal comms that the police force are to see if this is actually sanctioned by higher up as a as a retributive action. >> i couldn't agree more. we have another important story on the front page of the telegraph. >> steve, are we going to talk about the assisted dying. yes. so this is wes streeting who's look there when it comes to actually debating the bill, almost a separate story. you'll come up with good reasons for and good reasons against wes streeting is not in favour of it, but the reason he's come up against it i

allison pearson case. mike, what do you make of that? just to reiterate to people allison pearson telegraphalist, obviously she's been on 6b news many, many times is a regular visited by two police officers on remembrance sunday morning. they said she's for a tweet that's over a year old, but they didn't. she actually asked what the tweet was, what the substance of the tweet was. they said, we can't tell you that we'd like you to come for in interview. she said, who is my accuser? and they said, it's not your accuser, it's the victim. and so on and so forth. what do you make of this, mike? >> i think it's appalling that they're not prepared to initially say what it's all about. yeah. she thought it was about. yeah. she thought it was a non—crime hate incident, i think. well, that's because the police are saying it was actually a racially , racially, a actually a racially, racially, a racial incitement. >> yeah. so there's been some confusion about this because in alison pearson's original article, she said that she thought the police had said to her it was a non—crime hate incident. actuall

take place right across our country and there at a home in essex , was allison pearson, essex, was allison pearson, daily telegraph columnist, podcaster, commentator and i understand she was actually in her gown and slippers when plod knock on the door. what on earth could this be all about? well, allison joins me right now. i've set the scene. what happened? >> yes. there were two young constables by the door, and they said. what? one said something about a non—crime hate incident, which was a year ago with me, a social media post a year ago. and i said, what was it about the tweet? give me an idea of what it said. and he said, i'm not allowed to tell you that. and then i said, who is my accuser? and he said, we're not allowed to tell you that either. but it's not the accuser . it's but it's not the accuser. it's the victim. the victim, the victim, the victim. so, nigel, i had a victim. and you know , then had a victim. and you know, then it was just a very, very surreal and shocking conversation. and because it was remembrance sunday, i drew myself up to my full five feet, three and a half and i said, we're here

telegraph journalist allison pearson was visited by essex police on remembrance sunday over allegationshat a deleted social media post incited racial hatred. essex police said they ianed hatred. essex police said they invited miss pearson for a voluntary interview over the tweets. meanwhile , former prime tweets. meanwhile, former prime minister boris johnson compared police action to that of the soviet union in the last century . soviet union in the last century. the prime minister is due to address the welsh labour conference any minute now. for the first time since election in july. sir keir is expected to hail in a new era of change by working in partnership with wales first minister eluned morgan , promising to tackle nhs morgan, promising to tackle nhs waiting lists and invest in industry. welsh labour won 27 out of 32 seats in the last election , kicking the tories election, kicking the tories into oblivion with no seats . into oblivion with no seats. meanwhile, farmers are descending on the conference in protest over changes to inheritance tax, with trailers and tractors leading

well, apparently a year ago, allison pearson, the telegraph journalist , tweeted something journalist, tweeted something that someone didn't like, so they reported it to the police, who waited a year to visit allison. the police didn't tell allison. the police didn't tell allison which tweet or who accused her or what would happen.the accused her or what would happen. the vague threat of jail, the public humiliation, the physical presence of strong uniformed men on the doorstep. this is a slide into soviet union style policing of speech in communist east germany , an in communist east germany, an estimated i in 6 people work for the stasi secret police, informing on their neighbours and acquaintances, but at least they were getting paid. in starmer's socialist britain, people are working as stasi informants for free. hey, at least it's cutting the public sector wage bill and 27 year old youtuber jake sector wage bill and 27 year old youtuberjake paul beat 58 sector wage bill and 27 year old youtuber jake paul beat 58 year old mike tyson last night in texas. it was a fight they'd proba

telegraph. journalist allison pearson, after a tweet that she posted last year.so been revealed that children as young as nine are being investigated by police for non—crime hate incidents, as well . i non—crime hate incidents, as well. i don't non—crime hate incidents, as well . i don't know, it all well. i don't know, it all sounds a bit silly. joining me now gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine non—crime hate incidents. right. so let's let's get into it. what is the what is the detail behind these and what is the government saying with regard to it? >> well, these are things that have been around for a while that they don't meet the criteria to be an actual crime. hence the name non—crime hate incidents. but the police will still log them. and we know that in the year to june of this yean in the year to june of this year, there were 13,000 of these hate incidents logged by the police. now, worth saying of course, they make up a tiny, tiny fraction of the work that police do, but it is quite something, isn't it? when a journalist, you k

there's one will come to of course with allison pearson the telegraph story and so on.t the same time, it's not a case of saying that therefore ignore all tweets. they're a tweet. if a tweet is a threat and we know a one personally in our business, if a comedian who carried out an open death threat to a woman jewish woman. yes, exactly . and as far woman. yes, exactly. and as far as we can tell from it, nothing has been done about that at all. >> and yet comedy clubs. >> and yet comedy clubs. >> yeah, right. so it's not a case of don't police tweets. if a tweet is a genuine death threat, then do something about it. yes, certainly. yeah. >> i mean i would suggest that this is a sign of the people around starmer, at least now listening. and maybe he started watching gb news. >> do you think that's what it is? i think we've changed his policies. >> and he's like, you know what, i can't see it if josh >> and he's like, you know

telegraph. journalist allison pearson over a tweet she posted a year ago.lso been revealed children, as young as nine are being investigated by police for non—crime hate incidents , including insults in incidents, including insults in the playground. i kid you not, i'm not making this up. seriously. joining us now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. she will be joining katherine forster will be joining us shortly. so i've just been told. but joining me now, because he is here, i can see him is former scotland yard detective peter bleksley peter . detective peter bleksley peter. i'm reading this story out. sorry, fringe . sorry. and sorry, fringe. sorry. and i can't believe what i'm reading . can't believe what i'm reading. this is a tweet that was put out a year ago and is being investigated now for either a non—crime hate incident or a racist incident. now, what do you make of this story ? it's insane. >> british policing has got itself into a dreadful, appalling mess, not just over non—crime hate incidents, but so many other aspects of

this is the telegraph, because it's not just telegraph columnist allison pearson who has been gettingese non—crime hate incidents. >> we've got this new julie bindel, the writer , a writer who bindel, the writer, a writer who is very strong on sort of trans matters and so on. she says she was actually one thing that fascinates me. if the police are coming to arrest you, tom, on some sort of charge, they tend to come very early in the morning. they bang on the door and you're half asleep. they didn't do that. in the case of this lady, julie bindel, she says she has been having a had a problem. two policemen turned up on her door and said they wanted to discuss something that she'd tweeted a long time ago. and again , she's absolutely again, she's absolutely mystified. first of all, the police don't seem to say what it is that the policeman sent to your door. do not have any details of what they're what the complaint is. details of what they're what the complaint is . just basically complaint is. just basically saying, would you like to come down to the station sometime and have a chat

telegraph journalist allison pearson was visited by essex police on remembrance sunday over allegationst a deleted social media post incited racial hatred. meanwhile, former prime minister boris johnson compared police action to that of the soviet union in the last century . soviet union in the last century. the prime minister has told the welsh labour conference that wales carried the torch for 14 years to show the change. labour can deliver, but has now hailed a new era of opportunity, with labour governments in both britain and wales. sir keir starmer promised a partnership with wales first minister eluned morgan to tackle nhs waiting lists and invest in industry. welsh won labour 27 out of 32 seats in the last election, kicking the tories into oblivion with no seats . meanwhile, with no seats. meanwhile, farmers have descended on the conference in protest over changes to inheritance tax, with trailers and tractors leading the way. farmers were escorted by police en route to the conference in llandudno in changes announced in the budget, farmers who pass on their land will have to pa

. >> friend of the show and telegraph star allison pearson is cleared in her police hate crime probe. so what now? for the thousands of others who don't have the same platform to fight back and a terrorist who plotted to blow up london could be walking free in january. i'll reveal the grim details shortly. meanwhile, the prime minister called him a truly one off. rest in peace, john prescott. tonight's panel are ready to go. i'm joined by political consultant suzanne evans, conservative peer lord bailey and former labour adviser matthew laza. and can you guess what happened when the bbc flew 6000 miles to interview a youtube star? >> i have to say, the real logan paul looks very different. >> did you come all the way over here to ask about how i look? >> is logan coming? i'm right here, bob . here, bob. >> just why are we cutting defence spending while squaring up to russia? first, your news headunes up to russia? first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. >> ben. >> thank you. good evening . >> thank you. good evening. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. russi

orwellian police quizzed telegraph journalist allison pearson over hurty words in a tweet she now faces a hate crime investigation. >> also , mr president elect and >> also, mr president elect and the former president . thank you the former president. thank you donald, congratulations. thank you donald trump inches closer to the white house. >> so do we need to copy his plans to take a flamethrower to government waste and how do i look playing maya. >> fabulous. really? she'll love that. >> fabulous. really? she'll love that . robin. that. robin. >> oh, that's very, very next. >> oh, that's very, very next. >> oh, that's very, very next. >> oh, make it stop, boots. the chemist does its best to wreck christmas with a stupid new ad . christmas with a stupid new ad. tonight's panel are ready to get stuck in to. i'm joined by director of popular conservatives mark littlewood, businessman and activist adam brooks, and the broadcaster greta da silva. and live scenes here from guardian hq as they announce . emily carver for the announce. emily carver for the haaland . haaland. as nigel just sa

they've tied themselves in knots over their treatment of telegraph columnist allison pearson, as it complains to the press regulator about the reporting on the story. state of the nation starts now . the nation starts now. we'll be joined by my most incisive panel, the former conservative home office minister tom pursglove, and the author and broadcaster emma nicole turner. as always, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's time for your favourite part of the day. the news bulletin with sophie reaper. >> thank you jacob. the time is just after 8:00 and these are your latest headlines. we'll start this hour with some breaking news following online reports of disruption, british airways has now confirmed that they are experiencing delays, with their website showing many flights to and from europe having their departures pushed back.in having their departures pushed back in a having their departures pushed back. in a statement to gb news, the airline confirmed that despite issues their teams are working to resolve what they called a technica

>> telegraph columnist allison pearson got a knock on the door from the police, thanks to a social media post from a year ago, which social media posts. well, she's not allowed to know. is this a reasonable crackdown on hatred or a kafkaesque speech? police nightmare ? speech? police nightmare? >> we're also going to be in lambeth palace because of course, there's some fallout from that archbishop decision. >> yes, big breaking news from yesterday. i think one of the really interesting stories , really interesting stories, though, is this allison pearson visit by the police. and what's really fascinating is when she asked who her accuser was, the police person said, it's not an accuser, it's a victim. and yet she's not even allowed to know which is the offending post. so very interesting connotations for free speech. >> she's not allowed to call her accuser and accuser. she's not allowed to know of what she has been accused. she's not allowed to know the tweets. she's not allowed to know who is accusing her. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> the victim. who is the victim? the victim has to be an ac

allison pearson. that's according to the telegraph newspaper. miss pearson was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in november of last year dunng made in november of last year during a visit to pearson's house. it's understood officers refused to tell her details about which post on x was being investigated, or who made the complaint against her. however, it's now reported that the investigation has been dropped following widespread criticism. one of six british tourists being treated for suspected methanol poisoning in laos has died. 28 year old simone white, from kent , died. 28 year old simone white, from kent, had died. 28 year old simone white, from kent , had fallen died. 28 year old simone white, from kent, had fallen ill died. 28 year old simone white, from kent , had fallen ill after from kent, had fallen ill after reportedly drinking three shots from a local bar in the resort of vang vieng. four people had already died following the suspected poisonings in the southeast asian country

then there's the public outcry at the news that the telegraph's brilliant columnist, allison pearson,as visited on the morning of remembrance sunday by two hapless police officers, accusing her of some terrible thought crime committed a year ago on twitter. this was north essex police and i'd personally like to congratulate them because they clearly have solved all the burglaries , rapes and all the burglaries, rapes and shoplifting cases and have nothing better to do than to police the online musings of a leading journalist who is quite literally paid for her words of wisdom. we've seen hardened criminals released from prison in order to accommodate folk who have written ill advised things on facebook, which they deleted and apologised for. the charming huw edwards, former face of bbc news and friend of the broadcasting luvvies, walked free from court after procuring photographs of the worst possible crimes against children, but offer a view on those weekly so—called peace marches after october the 7th and pc plod will come down on you like a ton of bricks. now, as a christian, i lea

telegraph journalist. >> yes. >> yes. >> officers are looking into allison pearson for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a social media post last year. >> boris johnson, elon musk and senior tories are amongst those hitting out at the police force for refusing to give details on the matter , while the british the matter, while the british journalist was left in the dark about which post on x was being investigated, as well as who made the complaint against her. let's talk to the deputy editor of spiked online. fraser myers morning to you. >> good morning . >> good morning. >> good morning. >> and it's worth pointing out that this happened more than a year ago. now it's just coming to light now. but it's, you know, 12 months old. however, it is the most ridiculous thing, isn't it? unless it was , you isn't it? unless it was, you know, causing racial hatred or, you know, a terrorism threat or something, they should just leave alone. shouldn't they? >> well, yeah. you know, the words orwellian and kafkaesque are often overused in discussions like this around free speech, but i'm afraid the, you know , investigation of al

then there's the public outcry at the news that the telegraph's brilliant columnist, allison pearson,as visited on the morning of remembrance sunday by two hapless police officers, accusing her of some terrible thought crime committed a year ago on twitter. this was north essex police and i'd personally like to congratulate them because they clearly have solved all the burglaries , rapes and all the burglaries, rapes and shoplifting cases and have nothing better to do than to police the online musings of a leading journalist who is quite literally paid for her words of wisdom. we've seen hardened criminals released from prison in order to accommodate folk who have written ill advised things on facebook, which they deleted and apologised for. the charming huw edwards, former face of bbc news and friend of the broadcasting luvvies, walked free from court after procuring photographs of the worst possible crimes against children, but offer a view on those weekly so—called peace marches after october the 7th and pc plod will come down on you like a ton of bricks. now, as a christian, i lea

allison pearson has revealed she is facing a police investigation. that's for allegedly stirring up racial hatred. in a social media post last year, writing in the telegraphewspaper, she said that two officers attended her home on sunday morning to tell her she was being investigated. but when she asked what she was alleged to have posted, the officer said he could not disclose that information. a spokesperson for essex police has said the report relates to a social media post, which was subsequently removed. an investigation is now being carried out under section 17 of the public order act. as part of the public order act. as part of the investigation, officers attended an address on sunday, november 10th to invite a woman to attend a voluntary interview on the matter . and if you'd like on the matter. and if you'd like to hear more on this story, allison will be speaking to nigel farage on his show tonight from seven. but for now, those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news dot com. >> forwar

interview with the telegraph newspaper, the conservative leader said it was absolutely wrong for the police to visit any journalist's home simply because they had expressed an opinion. allison pearson is under investigation by essex police for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in november of last year . media post made in november of last year. meanwhile, former prime minister boris johnson compared police action to that of the soviet union in the last century , plans to force century, plans to force a referendum over the handover of the chagos islands could delay the chagos islands could delay the treaty from taking effect until after us president elect donald trump takes office. lord bellingham is leading a group of peers who plan to introduce an amendment to the treaty when it reaches the house of lords to require a vote of chagos to approve it. us president joe biden's administration agreed the deal, with prime minister sir keir starmer's government, but mr trump's team is reportedly opposed to it and could look for a way to scrap it. sir keir starmer has said he will defend the decisions made in the budget all day long, amid anger from farmers o

telegraph newspaper, the conservative leader said it was absolutely wrong for the police to visit any journalists home simply because they had expressed an opinion . allison expressed an opinion. allison pearson is under investigation by essex police for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in november last year. it comes as children as young as nine years old are among the people being probed by police over insults in the school playground and posts online. meanwhile, number 10 says the prime minister, sir keir starmer, supports police action to capture data on incidents and comments which are not serious enough to constitute a crime . gb news can now confirm a crime. gb news can now confirm that 33,000 small boat migrants have crossed the channel this yeah have crossed the channel this year. more than 100 others crossed in three small boats today. it comes just a day after the prime minister announced a significant arrest of a suspected migrant boat supplier and donald trump . donald trump's and donald trump. donald trump's appointment of so—called vaccine sceptic robert f kennedy jr as his health secretary has delivered a blow to the drug makers. he claims hamp