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1 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
A long-ish speech on non-crime hate incidents today in the Lords. No one wants to look like they're being soft on 'hate', but this kind of non-crime 'incident' has a chilling effect in the form of self censorship... (1/4)
Hate crime can be incredibly subjective, and awareness-raising initiatives around reporting can encourage people to label all bad behaviour as criminal. (Much like the police ad van which trawled shopping centres warning people that being offensive could be a crime)... (2/4)
In a bill named the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, it is worrying that the police don't know what IS a crime, and what isn't. The confusion lies in the category of the 'non-crime hate incident' which encourages police overreach... (3/4)
Non-crime hate incidents are the stuff of a dystopian, Orwellian, nightmare world. And while this government constantly tells us it is keen to beat cancel culture, the inclusion of non-crime hate incidents in this bill shows they have little appreciation of free speech. (4/4)

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My thoughts on amendment 87b to the #DomesticAbuseBill (making misogyny a hate crime). We shouldn't allow the tragedy of last week and the outrage over Sarah Everard's brutal murder to be exploited in a way that won't help women... (1/5)
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A late-night speech yesterday on an amendment in the #DomesticAbuseBill relating to smacking and children. There has been a rather grotesque conflation of 'battery' and 'smacking' - suggesting that every parent who smacks their child is committing a heinous criminal act... (1/4)
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A few things I wanted to say but no time, that genuinely baffle me. A short thread. Prime Minister has stressed data not dates (although I confess those dates are firmly written in my dairy). But if they insist on data, there's lots of good news (see tomorrrow's front pages). 1/5
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Yesterday, I argued that this Maternity Allowances Bill is a step forward for women’s rights (even if too narrowly focused on women in Westminster). But the words ‘she’, ‘her’ or ‘women’ don’t appear once in the bill... (1/4)
One person suggested it was fine - a bit like saying ‘chairperson’. But giving birth is not like chairing a meeting. These language rows are not technical issues - we have to consider the political context. These new language codes are forcing us to engage in doublespeak... (2/4)
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