UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoPolice must focus on streets not tweets', says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest
The government wants police to prioritise policing streets over policing social media posts.
The health secretary said such laws had put "more expectation on police" and "diluted the focus and priorities of the public", adding "that's obviously something we need to look at". Streeting told the BBC it was "very easy for people to criticise police" who were only enforcing laws that had been passed by MPs, saying ministers wanted police to focus on street crime rather than posts on social media.