No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say
Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney.
The Metropolitan Police has announced that no further action will be taken against Sarah Helm, wife of the government's national security adviser, Jonathan Powell. Helm faced scrutiny after posting on social media about best-selling author Sally Rooney's decision to donate royalties to Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organization.
On October 15, Helm shared on X: "God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action." While this statement coincided with a discussion about Rooney's decision, the police concluded that her post did not meet the criminal threshold for further investigation.
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