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Richard comments on Scotland's new hate crime laws

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Sunday, 7 April, 2024
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At the beginning of April, Scotland's Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force.

Commenting, Richard Fuller MP said:

Under Scotland’s chilling new hate crime law most people are not guaranteed to be treated in the same way as author J K Rowling.

Policing everyday speech is NOT merely repeating the efforts to combat racism in the past: it’s a form of state enforced “consensus” that should be anathema to a liberal society.

Courageous and high profile individuals are not the target: ordinary people are.

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