Our new briefing note reflects on the reaction to yesterday's debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill. A copy has been sent to all MSPs. mbmpolicy.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/mbm-br…
Should the bill pass today, it is clear that people, particularly women, risk being reported under it to the police *simply* for asserting the reality and importance of biological sex.
The Bill as it stands leaves those people without the type of direct means recommended by Lord Bracadale for resisting such complaints, and threats of complaints, and the police without a straightforward way to resist pressure to investigate them.
As discussed in the yesterday’s debate, convictions may be unlikely. But the chilling effect on ordinary Scottish citizens that will result from the reality or threat of being reported to and investigated by police is unmistakeable.
This tweet provides further evidence of the arguments made in our briefing. 
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