PU 16: Met Police to Stop Non-Crime Arrests

A Met Police WPC in the 1970s (Metropolitan Police)

After the Graham Linehan debacle, London’s Metropolitan Police is now set to stop arresting people for non-crime hate incidents. This policy obviously was a bad idea in the first place.

Punching Upwards, Episode 16 for 28 December 2025

Topics: Politics / Free Speech

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Credits

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See Also

• Punching Upwards 1: The Arrest of Graham Linehan

Sources

1. Met Police says it will no longer investigate “non-crime hate incidents”, ITV News, 20 October 2025

2. Former Conservative Adviser Lauren McEvatt shares her view on the Home Secretary’s new “common sense” system, which will aim to scrap non-crime hate incidents, GB News, 23 December 2025

3. Non-crime hate incidents to be scrapped, The Telegraph, 22 December 2025

4. Scrap non-crime hate incidents, police leaders to recommend, The BBC, 23 December 2025

5. Non-crime hate incidents should be scrapped, police leaders say, Sky News, 23 December 2025

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