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2023-08-14 17:37:32 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

It is not clear that hate crimes are soaring. The Home Office warns that: “it is uncertain to what degree the increase in police recorded hate crime is a genuine rise, or due to continued recording improvements“ LGBT support has risen by various measures (eg marriage). https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022 https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2023/07/03/record-number-britons-support-same-sex-marriage-10

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• It is not clear that hate crimes are soaring. The Home Office warns that: “it is uncertain to what degree the increase in police recorded hate crime is a genuine rise, or due to continued recording improvements“ LGBT support has risen by various measures (eg marriage). https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022 https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2023/07/03/record-number-britons-support-same-sex-marriage-10