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2024-08-12 06:03:11 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 00D9B842B8F532C5E4159DCB7443408832331D526F5B0AD52E087EFB9B162F7D
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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 The "insulting words & behaviours" clause was revoked in the Crime & Courts Act 2013, enforced Feb 2014.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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