This is a total disgrace.
It is absolutely not the role of the police to intimidate members of the public - especially while openly admitting no law has been broken.
An affront to free speech and a massive overstep of authority.
The public expects the police to focus on real crime, like stopping burglaries, not squandering taxpayer funded time and abusing their powers by actively undermining free speech.
https://t.co/gzBXywJy3m
@Helen_Whately@Conservatives And just how many lives will you ruin with your welfare spending cuts I wonder. How much damage do you want to do to the disabled people of this country. Thousands on pip where not always too unwell to work. Many things in life cannot guarantee full health. Nasty party indeed.
'Police state' row as officers track down and threaten to arrest man who criticised his local Green councillor over outdoor drinking ban https://t.co/Alpvz6Yrnf
Beckham has a commercial deal with Tudor watches.
Imagine having nearly a billion quid, and being prepared to sit like this for the cameras, just for a little bit more.
This awful man and his family epitomise what a complete absence of class looks like. Just so tacky.
@London_W4 This is a classic Stasi-style shakedown to intimidate you....."we are watching"
The copper also resorted to the excuse of .... Dispatch sent me, I'm just following orders
@London_W4 What an absolute disgrace! Crime through the roof in London and the police spending their time "raising awareness" to a bloke about his posts on X - none of which broke any laws. The STATE OF IT. Outrageous.
I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Please, please, please watch this video. It does involve me using very bad language, but this has got to be seen. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.
@Helen_Whately AND god help us if you are ever the chancellor or secretary of work and pensions. The suicide rate will shoot up dramatically Helen. At least you are consistent with your views however distasteful and that commands some respect. But I'm quite unwell now so it's time for a Nap.
@Helen_Whately I really hope that you will enjoy good health for a long time to come. I'm stage 3b N2 EMVI POSITIVE anemia and heart failure so I haven't too much time. Maybe long enough to avoid you stopping all our benefits and help
@Helen_Whately@PeterABedford The United Nations has repeatedly criticised & condemned the UK benefits system, concluding that consecutive welfare reforms have violated human rights and caused systematic poverty Deserving and undeserving poor started in Elizabethan times. What next workhouses because you care
Andy Burnham set out a 10 year vision to raise people’s living standards by creating good growth in every postcode, and hope in every heart. This will be done by giving local people the tools, power and resources to reach their potential.
I fully support that, & Andy for PM!