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2024-08-11 19:49:55 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 71752D25A246A58D81E234B601091707726A322A861F48BA84580281D36B33ED
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Original Note:
Atkinson's 2012 speech supported repeal of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. The "insulting words & behaviours" clause was revoked in the Crime & Courts Act 2013, enforced Feb 2014. http://reformsection5.org.uk/ Insults aren't incitement to violence, & he wasn't referring to past or present riots.
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