Women’s rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen has revealed that police are attempting to question her over a speech she delivered at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally and several posts on X, in the latest police investigation to raise questions over the limits of political speech in Britain. She shared the full audio of the call in a video portraying herself and the officers as LEGO figures.
Keen, better known as Posie Parker, announced the development in a defiant post while on holiday, “Hey guess what? The police want to speak to me about my speech at the Unite The Kingdom rally and a couple of tweets. Malicious communications and public order threats... come and arrest me, lads. I’m on holiday which makes the video a lot more fun... Do bear in mind that we are currently letting out violent and sexually violent convicted criminals from our prisons because they’re full.” The police intervention concerns comments made by Keen at the May 16 Unite the Kingdom rally in London, organized by Tommy Robinson, as well as posts she subsequently made online.
The rally drew tens of thousands of people to central London and featured speeches sharply critical of mass immigration and Islam. Police made arrests over suspected hate crimes during the event, while politicians and campaigners subsequently condemned some of the language used on the stage. Keen's own speech included calls to “get Islam out of our classrooms” and for Islam to be removed from positions of public authority. Keen has now highlighted a series of posts which she believes are at issue. In one post dated June 23, she wrote: "We have Muslim fatigue," and listed the reasons why. "We're tired of it," she concluded. "Islam is a vile woman hating cousin marrying child rape appeasing death cult."
Keen has repeatedly argued that criticism of Islam should not be treated as equivalent to hatred of individual Muslims, nor a criminal offense, and she has faced serious threats from the Muslim community as a result, including when she spoke at Hyde Park and faced a beheading threat. She has pointed out the rapid demographic and religious change in cities like Manchester:
She has previously been interviewed by police over online comments, including an investigation concerning posts directed at Susie Green, the former chief executive of transgender charity Mermaids. Green took her own son to Thailand for medical sex change surgeries while he was still a minor. That 2018 investigation was ultimately closed with no further action. "This is my fifth interaction with the police for my speech," Keen said. "I attended three interviews, no charges. One visit to my house for being 'untoward about paedophiles' [resulted in] no further action."
Keen, better known as Posie Parker, announced the development in a defiant post while on holiday, “Hey guess what? The police want to speak to me about my speech at the Unite The Kingdom rally and a couple of tweets. Malicious communications and public order threats... come and arrest me, lads. I’m on holiday which makes the video a lot more fun... Do bear in mind that we are currently letting out violent and sexually violent convicted criminals from our prisons because they’re full.” The police intervention concerns comments made by Keen at the May 16 Unite the Kingdom rally in London, organized by Tommy Robinson, as well as posts she subsequently made online.
The rally drew tens of thousands of people to central London and featured speeches sharply critical of mass immigration and Islam. Police made arrests over suspected hate crimes during the event, while politicians and campaigners subsequently condemned some of the language used on the stage. Keen's own speech included calls to “get Islam out of our classrooms” and for Islam to be removed from positions of public authority. Keen has now highlighted a series of posts which she believes are at issue. In one post dated June 23, she wrote: "We have Muslim fatigue," and listed the reasons why. "We're tired of it," she concluded. "Islam is a vile woman hating cousin marrying child rape appeasing death cult."
Keen has repeatedly argued that criticism of Islam should not be treated as equivalent to hatred of individual Muslims, nor a criminal offense, and she has faced serious threats from the Muslim community as a result, including when she spoke at Hyde Park and faced a beheading threat. She has pointed out the rapid demographic and religious change in cities like Manchester:
She has previously been interviewed by police over online comments, including an investigation concerning posts directed at Susie Green, the former chief executive of transgender charity Mermaids. Green took her own son to Thailand for medical sex change surgeries while he was still a minor. That 2018 investigation was ultimately closed with no further action. "This is my fifth interaction with the police for my speech," Keen said. "I attended three interviews, no charges. One visit to my house for being 'untoward about paedophiles' [resulted in] no further action."
