Scotland's new hate crime laws, effective from April 1, have stirred controversy. Humza Yousaf, the First Minister, faced a flood of hate crime reports, leading to police officers being given a script to defend him. Police Scotland's handling of hate crime calls and incidents has raised questions about their policies and approach. The SNP's campaign urging Scots to report hate crimes cost taxpayers nearly £400,000. Critics argue that the legislation is unenforceable and unworkable, driven by Yousaf's ideology.
‘Scotland is a country built on being abusive and insulting as a form of affection. This law is like criminalising passive aggressive politeness in England!’ @LeoKearse wraps up the week’s news and hits out at Scotland’s new hate crime law. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 https://t.co/HjEGrDyUvY
This should be Humza Yusuf’s Liz Truss moment. An unenforceable and unworkable law pushed through parliament based on his own ideology and nothing else. The Scottish Hate Crime Bill https://t.co/B0yjeQWMRj via @YouTube
This should be Humza Yusuf’s Liz Truss moment. An unenforceable and unworkable law push through parliament based on his own ideology and nothing else. Scottish Police Completely Overwhelmed By New Hate Crime Law https://t.co/eKETeEfJ66 via @YouTube
Police Scotland staff have been given a script to recite defending Humza Yousaf whenever members of the public complain about the First Minister under his new hate crime laws. https://t.co/uRiP5K8NM6
And there will be millions spent on sifting through the vexatious complaints made, with the recording of non-crime hate incidents. Wasting taxpayer money, police resources and time. The SNP deserve to be booted out of Holyrood with Harry Kane taking a penalty ferocity. https://t.co/ooWpww86rv
I wrote yesterday about @humzaYousaf's Hate Crime Act & the arrest of Morag McDougall Brown, 74. I wondered why his @X handle did not auto-complete. https://t.co/w1ohjXD6dO
“It is impossible to see Humza Yousaf as anything other than an underwhelming full-stop to the long era of SNP hegemony.” 🖊️ @chrisdeerin https://t.co/9zuRky0oSn
"SNP’s hate crime laws campaign cost taxpayers almost £400,000 "The Hate Hurts publicity drive ran for 21 days last month in the run-up to the new legislation coming into force on April Fool’s Day" https://t.co/aZHd6J3DOV
So the immediate consequence of the Hate Law passed by the Numpty Nursery (aka Scottish Parliament) is to generate a year’s worth of hate crime reporting in one week. Yip. One week. Well done, chaps. https://t.co/9g2yehJ3wD
🔴 SNP’s hate crime laws campaign cost taxpayers almost £400,000 https://t.co/4ljAGZqZd0
Police Scotland staff have been given a script defending Humza Yousaf after he faced a deluge of hate crime reports. https://t.co/warfuZJo2S
'Shambolic!' SNP spent £400K on campaign urging Scots to report hate crime https://t.co/5oL9Zb5Vx9
Hate Crime call handlers given script defending First Minister Humza Yousaf https://t.co/3trh9LSulF
Scots are using Humza’s legislation against him so fiercely that the powers that be had to give an “it’s different” script to police. https://t.co/3Xdk9UJNq9
If Police Scotland have received over 7,000 hate crime reports, but only recorded 30 of them as non-crime hate incidents, they have clearly abandoned their own guidance. So what is Police Scotland's new policy when it comes to NCHIs? https://t.co/hLtIEVKHHv
The SNP has some hard thinking to do about Humza Yousaf https://t.co/OtzvN8WOqk
It’s a measure of how farcical Humza Yousaf’s hate crime law is that police officers have effectively been given a script on how to respond to the flood of complaints made against the First Minister under the very legislation that he piloted and introduced. https://t.co/nZaQRyoP5j
Another twist in the ‘hate incident’ shambles: @PoliceScotland say complaints against @HumzaYousaf did not ‘meet threshold to be recorded as hate incidents’. But this contradicts their own policy. And different from approach in my case. https://t.co/mgW05ttCFv
Scottish police dealing with hate crime calls handed script to DEFEND Humza Yousaf https://t.co/HCzR72A5Ar
“One of the mysteries about the Scottish hate crime law is why it is needed at all.” - @polblonde https://t.co/Y3NU6axkHS
Immediately after Scotland's new "hate speech" laws went into effect on April 1, Humza Yousaf made sure the legislation wasn't retroactive. 🦹♂️ I added up the years in prison he'd be facing, it's around 81 🦹♂️ Unedited True Story https://t.co/kGjDTIhTNx
How has the nation of the Scottish Enlightenment passed a law that runs so contrary to the principles of freedom of expression? @Docstockk: 👇 https://t.co/zJL3tdvI8c
Interesting that @PoliceScotland claim that recording Non-Crime Hate Incidents has been happening for years and "helps to build community confidence." What metric is used to measure this "building in confidence" and how far has it increased? https://t.co/94gjB841bu
Police Scotland’s recording of “non-crime hate incidents” has been branded “farcical” with the force accused of “making things up as they go along.” https://t.co/JNkFN6GG66 👇 Full story
Arrests, £11,000 iPad bill and council tax freeze: The highs and lows of Humza Yousaf's first year in Bute House... Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/ybESzL6RWN
While he insists holding the top job in Scottish politics is the “greatest honour” of his life, Humza Yousaf has had a difficult first year as First Minister. https://t.co/wvASW3lf7b
Law enforcement in Scotland, governed by the Glasgow-born Pakistani separatist Humza Yousaf, will stop investigating certain crimes to fr... Read more: https://t.co/GvD0SEG6ch ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf Supports Police Recording “Non-Crime Hate Incidents” https://t.co/m9fatO3rIf
🔵 SNP’s Humza Yousaf less popular than Sturgeon after a year, poll finds https://t.co/XLWBYY0cG9
Most of the Western world is already cooked with hate speech laws & the lack of free speech. When you oppose hate speech laws on both sides of politics in America, they both try to say you're just being hateful. The tricks aren't working anymore.
Most of the Western world is already cooked with hate speech laws & the lack of free speech. When you oppose hate speech laws on both sides of politics, they both try to say you're just being hateful. The tricks aren't working anymore.
🔴 Humza Yousaf accused of dismissing warnings from police about hate crime laws https://t.co/gHhTl7Lr8x
Earlier this week, I spoke to Sky News Australia about the jailing of far-right activist Samuel Melia, the persecution of JK Rowling, and the general threat to free speech in Britain. The interview can be viewed here. ⬇️ https://t.co/KGGYuyi9PU
Scotlands Cops Are Giving Up on Crime, Shifting Almost All Focus to 'Hate Speech.' Read more: https://t.co/kYqhIKIkS7 Law enforcement in Scotland, governed by the Glasgow-born Pakistani separatist Humza Yousaf, will...
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross criticises the forthcoming Hate Crime bill, calling it an attack on free speech. Humza Yousaf says freedom of expression and freedom of speech will be protected by the new law. #FMQs https://t.co/qzDgldaeP1 https://t.co/92Url7SNzS
Interesting to hear from @HumzaYousaf that @PoliceScotland are now ‘reviewing’ their (unlawful) policy on recording non-crime hate incidents. Curious that in their correspondence with me and in media comment so far this is the first we have heard of this. #FMQs
Scotland and Ireland's "hate speech" laws are absolutely terrifying in their scope. Free speech is dying. No surprise, therefore, that 75% of Britons fear speaking out. Yet anti-white hate speech continues. NCF Director @prwhittle discusses this dismal state of affairs. https://t.co/kprYY04Drv
"Hate crime law ‘will hamper fight against violent offenders’ "Senior officer fears that Police Scotland will be deluged by cases while also being open to accusations of institutional bias" https://t.co/r0ci7g36mZ
Women like me have warned repeatedly that aspects of the new hate crime law will be weaponised against us. Is it too much to hope that now police chiefs support our concerns politicians at Holyrood will listen & address the issues? https://t.co/pwMpRdvvj8
'Hate crime law ‘will hamper fight against violent offenders’ https://t.co/11ZudzB7bd https://t.co/8qtqIS1ykv
Scotland's new hate crime law 'could be used to settle scores' Read more 🔗 https://t.co/SHRQ4BLptw
Scotland 🏴: Another major assault of your freedoms, lawmakers push new 'hate speech laws' where if they think you're guilty of thought crimes, they can & will use PHONE SNIFFER DOGS used to find your phone if you've been saying hurtful words on social media. https://t.co/HsqgDKT5Zj