MOST Scots want controversial new hate crime laws scrapped, polling has found ...
A new survey commissioned by the Alba Party found that 68.6% of people thought the Scottish Government should bin the Hate Crime Act with 31.4% in favour of keeping it, excluding those undecided.Experts say the threshold for prosecution is high and that it is unlikely many people will be prosecuted under the legislation.
Alba MSP Ash Regan was a key supporter of the legislation as it wound its way through Parliament when she was in theRegan said: “The chilling effect of Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act has already begun, and the original vision of the bill is lost. “The root cause of this, and other legislative failures, is the erosion of good governance to safeguard our legislative processes. It’s time to put Scotland’s governance back onto a competent footing and the first step in doing so would be to repeal this act.”
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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