Allison Pearson is being investigated for a now-deleted tweet posted last November
A senior Labour MP has described Essex Police’s decision to investigate Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson over an X post as “Stasi-like”.

Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley & Middleton South, questioned Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner about the concerning treatment of the prominent journalist.

The criticism stems from a police visit to Pearson’s home on Remembrance Sunday, where officers sought to investigate an allegedly offensive twe