Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has criticized the police for wasting time on trivial incidents after officers visited a journalist at her home over a year-old tweet. Allison Pearson, a Telegraph columnist, was informed she was being investigated for alleged incitement of racial hatred over a deleted online post. Badenoch called for a review of laws around non-crime hate incidents to protect free speech. Essex Police stated that they visited Pearson's home to invite her to a voluntary interview as part of their investigation.