The dystopian police investigation into Allison Pearson

Here’s a tip. If you’re having trouble getting the police to promptly attend after a burglary, tell them the scumbag tweeted something mean about you as he made his escape. If the outrageous experience of Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson is anything to go by, this is sure to shoot you right to the top of plod’s priority list.

Yesterday, Pearson revealed that she was visited by Essex police on Remembrance Sunday – not because she had been burgled, but because of a tweet she had posted a year ago. In a farcical exchange, she alleges that two officers refused to tell her which tweet, or who had accused her of this speech-crime. We can sometimes overuse ‘Orwellian’ or ‘Kafkaesque’, but if Pearson’s account is accurate this exchange surely qualifies.

There’s some confusion as to what crime, if any, Pearson is alleged to have committed here.