A viral video shared on X – formerly known as Twitter – has been viewed more than 4.1 million times showing a grandmother, named as cancer sufferer Deborah Anderson, answering the door to an officer from Thames Valley Police.

The mother-of-two told the officer on the doorstep he could come in but added: “You’d better have a damn good reason for being here.

“I’m a member of the Free Speech Union and I’m an American citizen… I’ll have Elon Musk on you so quickly your feet won’t touch (the floor).”