Politicians love creating specific new offences to look like they’re tackling a problem, but all it does is make the statute book more complicated without addressing the root of the problem, says Eliot Wilson Retail employees should be safe in their place of work, under the protection of the law. That goes without saying, and []
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Scottish police said on Wednesday they had received more than 7,000 online reports of offenses in the first week since the introduction of a new hate crime law that opponents say could curb free speech and waste police time. The law, brought in by a devolved government controlled by the
Scotland's new anti-free speech crime law is a wicked product of an increasingly censored society that must be woken up, writes James Price.
Far-right white nationalists are said to have bombarded Police Scotland with anonymous online gripes in a coordinated attempt to make light of laws which came into force last week.
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to “overwhelm” official systemsNeo-Nazi and far-right agitators are exploiting Scotland’s new hate crime law to make vexatious complaints en masse in an attempt to “overwhelm” police systems.A prominent figure in England’s white nationalist movement is among those urging followers to spam Police Scotland with anonymous online reports, the Observer has found. Continue reading
Scotland’s new “hate crime” law already is demonstrating how it will be used to squash dissent and free speech. The so-called Hate Crime and Public Read More
The police deaths add to the at least 38 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty so far this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
The 13 worst streets for crime reports made to the police in Sheffield have been revealed. Newly-released data from South Yorkshire Police reveals that the 13 streets pictured here received the highest number of crime reports in February 2024. The crime figures from Police.uk – the national website for policing in England – are released with a two-month delay, meaning these are the most up-to-date available. They are based on reports made in South Yorkshire Police’s four Sheffield policing...
Stand-up Al Murray is best known for playing his character The Pub Landlord, an English publican with an animosity towards the French, who always thinks the British are best at everything.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling and other critics of Scotland's new hate crime laws must stop 'peddling misinformation', Scotland's First Minister has said.
Timing is everything in politics, so it was splendidly appropriate that the launch week of Humza Yousaf's draconian hate crime law should culminate in yesterday's Old Firm derby.