The parochialism of the discussion on hate crime is a thing to behold. France - where Andrew Neil lives - already has the following offences on its statute book, including inciting hatred based on race, religion, sexuality, gender identity or disability: hatecrime.osce.org/hate-crime-leg…
If you're interested in international comparisons - including similarities and differences in these types of laws in different jurisdictions - this report commissioned by Lord Bracadale back in 2017 lays out some useful context. consult.gov.scot/hate-crime/ind…
@PeatWorrier He may have been born in Scotland but he has definitely gone over to the dark side. Despicable person.
@PeatWorrier Yep, and it includes sex, which the Scottish law doesn’t. Try again.
@PeatWorrier Do the French ones target 18 - 30 year old suffering from white privilege? Forgot to mention that?
@PeatWorrier Why should we care what France or anywhere else does? It doesn't make Scotlands HCB any less sinister or less unworkable. Bad policy is bad policy.
@PeatWorrier Incitement to violence and hate based on PCs including sex. Marvellous. That isn't what the Scottish Act does though is it? I'm surprised you drew such a poor comparison.
@PeatWorrier The desperation of the house jocks to hate everything regardless of the hypocrisy is a bonus for the Scots who don’t crawl to the establishment 🇵🇸✊🏿✊️✊🏽✊🏻🏴
@PeatWorrier And do people elsewhere have ‘hate crime champions’ and third party reporting centres? Can people be blacklisted anonymously and without their being told about an NCHI? Your SNP are imposing an authoritarian state, and you don’t even notice.
@PeatWorrier Neil conveniently forgetting that most of us don't believe a word of editorial published in the Daily Mail.