Sarah Harte: Rationale behind hate speech bill is sound but it needs to define what ‘hate’ is
Our challenge remains to use the law to prevent hate speech, but not in a way that unduly curbs or politicises free speech
The bill fails to define hate speech or hate crime. So how would it deal with claims that any criticism of Israel, such as current public demonstrations, is inherently antisemitic? Picture: Leah Farrell/Rolling News
Suella Braverman, the former British home secretary, has left the building (by referencing a 1990s song by The KLF I’m showing my age).
La Braverman comes to mind because free speech and the corollary right to protest are under full frontal attack, as evidenced by the suppression of Israel’s critics in its war with Hamas in Gaza.
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