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2024-08-11 14:27:49 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E78568850E37E653732C1561E59D4DE80D90B6CED1A429CF73F6A685F2C68088
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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 The "insulting words & behaviours" clause was revoked in the Crime & Courts Act 2013, enforced Feb 2014.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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