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Police log race storm David Starkey interview with Darren Grimes as a ‘hate incident’ The incident will still be recorded as a hate crime allegation by the police Metropolitan Police dropped case after backlash from free speech campaigners In the interview Dr Starkey said: ‘Slavery was not genocide otherwise there wouldn’t be so many damn … Read more
Priti Patel warns police chiefs they must uphold freedom of speech adding it is the ‘cornerstone of democracy’ after probe into Darren Grimes interview with David Starkey Home Secretary told police chiefs that ‘we must all defend’ freedom of speech Comments come after Scotland Yard dropped its ‘race hate’ probe into interview David Starkey claimed … Read more
Scotland Yard has dropped its ‘race hate’ probe into journalist Darren Grimes and historian David Starkey after ill-judged remarks were made during an interview given at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests. The Metropolitan Police launched investigations into Mr Grimes, 27, and Dr Starkey, 75, earlier this month for allegedly stirring up racial … Read more
Police are set to review a ‘race hate’ investigation against journalist Darren Grimes and David Starkey to ensure it’s ‘proportionate,’ after the historian referred to the ‘damn blacks,’ during a YouTube interview. Scotland Yard launched a probe against Mr Grimes, 27, for allegedly stirring up racial hatred, after sharing his interview with Starkey 75. During … Read more
TV historian David Starkey today quit his University of Cambridge fellowship and was stripped of his visiting professor post at Canterbury Christ Church University after he claimed ‘slavery was not genocide’ because ‘so many damn blacks live in Africa and Britain’. Professor Starkey has also resigned from the Mary Rose Trust and could soon be stripped of his … Read more
TV historian David Starkey today quit his University of Cambridge fellowship and was stripped of his visiting professor post at Canterbury Christ Church University after he claimed ‘slavery was not genocide’ because ‘so many damn blacks live in Africa and Britain’. Professor Starkey has also resigned from the Mary Rose Trust and could soon be stripped of his … Read more
Historian David Starkey has come under fire after claiming ‘slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many damn blacks in Africa, or in Britain’. The 75-year-old called Black Lives Matter (BLM) ‘wholly and entirely a product of white colonisation’ and its activists ‘not culturally black Africans’. In an interview with Darren Grimes, the … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Join David Starkey at the Queen’s country retreat – indulge in a tour of Sandringham with the brilliant historian and enjoy scenic trips by rail and paddle steamer By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 23 November 2019 | Updated: 10:53 BST, 16 May 2020 Norfolk is one … Read more