Fury deepens over 'sinister' Thought Police targeting of a grandmother who criticised Labour as voters call for Starmer to go over 'abuse of power'

UK Daily Mail ^ | 2/23/2025 | EMILY JANE DAVIES and GREG HEFFER

[simpson96]

Furious Brits have slammed Manchester Police and Labour for 'shameful' behaviour targeting a grandmother exposed by The Mail on Sunday.

Two police officers were caught on camera paying a visit to a grandmother simply for criticising Labour politicians on Facebook.

Detectives have been accused of acting like East Germany's Stasi secret police for quizzing Helen Jones over her calls for the resignation of local councillors embroiled in the WhatsApp scandal exposed by The Mail on Sunday.

Police conceded that the 54-year-old had committed no crime – yet Mrs Jones said she has effectively been silenced by the officers, as she was intimidated by them calling at her door and is too terrified to post on social media again.

Voters have rallied to her defence and blasted the 'shocking' incident as a waste of police time and accused the Government for alleged 'abuse of power'.

Former Tory Cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg called the behaviour 'extraordinary'.

It is the latest in a string of incidents in which police have investigated people for social media posts,(snip)

Police knocked on her door in Stockport within 48 hours of receiving a complaint, in contrast to how they have responded to other crime reports.

Mrs Jones, a school administrator, said police failed to investigate a spate of car thefts in the surrounding streets last year.(snip)

Speaking exclusively to the MoS, she said: '[The officer] said, 'We've had a complaint,' and I immediately asked, 'From who?', and he said, 'Well, I can't tell you that'.'

[simpson96]

[Wallace T.]

Britain, Germany, and Romania all are run by tyrannical regimes. The European Union is the same, with von der Leyden channeling her inner fascist by demanding censorship of dissent. If the Europeans want to drive the U.S. out of NATO, they could not be doing a better job.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Orwell was just 40 years early when it came to his homeland.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

[PGR88]

Seems the EU globalists and deep-state leftists can no longer control events as they once could. Their anti-Trump, Ukraine, Russia, green energy and political schemes are failing. They will need to begin to use open suppression

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[kiryandil]

Fingermen.

[Sirius Lee]

Limey fascists. WWII was a waste of time and life.