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2024-08-11 21:50:48 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA1AB740650AD6641086542FDABFB23FF69F98BF42D6120514612E97B1FF30CB
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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 The "insulting words & behaviours" clause was revoked in the Crime & Courts Act 2013, enforced Feb 2014.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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