Police refuse to investigate House of Commons racist who targeted sports commentator
It seems racists in the House of Commons know they are above the law and are happy to rub the fact in our faces.
Otherwise, you might expect racists in high places to keep their prejudice to themselves at the moment. Clearly that is not the case on the Westminster estate.
Here’s sports commentator Dan O’Hagan, who has worked for the BBC, Eurosport and ESPN:
Hello @HouseofCommons @UKParliament can you find out who is sending out far-right threats from your IP address? pic.twitter.com/rorSTwD3FC
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 9, 2020
“You cannot be allowed to belittle, mock and intimidate working class white men, whilst peddling your bourgeoisie [sic], privileged leftism in your highly paid career.
“Football is not for white elites like you. It belongs to working class men of all colours.” [Spot the sexism that’s slipped in there too!]
“Send me your address now and we can discuss this further in person.”
It was signed “David” – although This Writer has a doubt about whether that’s the person’s real name.
What had Mr O’Hagan said to provoke this malicious communication (of which more shortly)? See for yourself:
The same @LBC who give an actual racist thousands of pounds a week to spout his filth on their station five times a week. This message is meaningless while you continue to employ @Nigel_Farage (and used to employ Hopkins too, before anyone forgets). https://t.co/VxtnNKqqjQ
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 9, 2020
Information that came with the email showed that it was sent from the House of Commons, hence Mr O’Hagan’s request for the authorities there to locate the person responsible. Here’s the response:
Thank you. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👇🏻 https://t.co/ZTkzbsWgdc
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 9, 2020
He also contacted the police…
Naturally, the police are involved at my end. Genuinely intrigued to see who in @HouseofCommons has been misusing their position to send far right threats?
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 9, 2020
But – how normal – they recoiled from investigating anybody at the House of Commons:
I hear, on the radio, that the police have decided that no crime has been committed. That’s their decision. But the fact remains that someone inside @HouseofCommons sent this email. What does this say about our politics? pic.twitter.com/mX6BHaomxi
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 10, 2020
It says – as This Writer pointed out very recently – that people working in our corridors of power are above the laws they make.
Now take a look at the image on the right, in the tweet directly above. Here it is in full:
It is illegal in England and Wales to “send or deliver letters or other articles for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety”, and this also applies to electronic communications.
That’s unless you work in the House of Commons – as a high-ranking politician or someone working for them, of course.
Even Mr O’Hagan has admitted he doubts the identity of the culprit will ever be revealed:
Sadly I’m sure we won’t get a name. The last few months judging the Government record, I have no faith of anything coming from this.
“It might get put on to the most junior person they can blame for it, that’s what might happen. But if there is a name, a big name, I doubt they will admit this I’m afraid.”
The same article quotes the police:
“Officers received a report yesterday (Tuesday 9 June) after a man in his 40s had allegedly received a threatening email.
“Enquiries into the incident found that no criminal offences had been committed and the investigation has therefore been closed.
Apparently they’ve never heard of the Malicious Communications Act, then.
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Sweet Lord. Yet I was reported and my details held on file for stating on FB that someone was an ‘old trout’, the crime being malicious communication!
I think you will find that the matter will be dealt with by the HoC Standards & Privileges Committee as The Police told me, with some regret, when I reported Lucy Allan MP fot forgery some years ago.
Depends if it was an MP, doesn’t it?