Scottish Hate Crime Bill
Is my t-shirt a hate crime?
Yesterday we glimpsed what Scotland’s new hate-free utopia might look like
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Mind your language – even in your own home
Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill criminalises insulting language – even if nobody heard it outside your own living room
Free to disagree
The Scottish Government drastically needs to rethink its approach to hate crime
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