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Met Police determine X post by Sarah Helm, seen to endorse Palestine Action, does 'not meet the criminal threshold'.
Event intelligence
Sarah Helm Palestine Action social media post controversy
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Current state
Police have decided to take no further action against Sarah Helm over her social-media post expressing support for Palestine Action, saying it does not meet the criminal threshold; the incident has drawn scrutiny and pressure on her husband, UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell.
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BBC News – Technology BBC
No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say
Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney.
Al Jazeera
UK police rule out probe into Palestine Action post by PM adviser’s wife
Met Police determine X post by Sarah Helm, seen to endorse Palestine Action, does 'not meet the criminal threshold'.
Guardian
No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post
Tweet by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, ‘does not meet criminal threshold’ No further action will be taken against Sarah Helm, the wife of the prime minister’s national security adviser, after she was accused of supporting the banned protest group Palestine Action. Helm, a journalist and author who is married to Jonathan Powell, posted on X on Thursday: “ God help us authors who suppo…
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Sky News – UK Sky
No police action against wife of PM's adviser over Palestine Action post
Police have said no further action will be taken against Sarah Helm, author and wife of Andy Burnham's national security adviser, after she was accused of supporting the banned protest group Palestine Action.
