Picture shows: UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood,
There’s a lot to criticise when it comes to both the current Labour government and in particular some of this government’s cabinet ministers. The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has come in for criticism over issues such as two tier policing, border control failures, migration issues, the housing of undocumented migrants in hotels and former army bases and on matters connected to a perceived unwillingness to tackle the issue of political Islam. Some of these criticisms may be justified but others might not be.
However she’s come out and surprised many with an announcement that there is to be an end to the current police policy of ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHI) where police can record what they believe is ‘hateful conduct or words’ on a person’s record. These NCHI’s lie on a persons record and can come up in a vetting search when they apply for a job that requires vetting for example when a job involves working with vulnerable people. Britons can lose job opportunities because of something they’ve said even though what they’ve said is not criminal despite having to live under Britain’s well known and highly oppressive ‘hate speech’ laws.
GB News said about this new policy change:
“Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) will be scrapped by all police forces under plans that will be presented to the Home Secretary next month.
It is said that police leaders believe NCHIs are no longer "fit for purpose" following warnings that they undermine free speech and divert officers away from fighting crime.
Instead, they are to be replaced with a "common sense" system, meaning just a small portion of incidents will now be reported under a serious category of anti-social behaviour.
The plans are to be published next month and are expected to be backed by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.”
This is without a doubt good news for free speech campaigners who have noted the chilling effect and the life effects that such NCHI’s have on British people. But, there’s always a but with this government isn’t there, the question is what will replace NCHI’s? I doubt very much that the whole concept of police recording intelligence about wrong-thinkers will end completely, it’s too useful for both the State and the police themselves to not record such information. It’s quite possible that this announcement is a load of hot air which will in the end signify no or little change at all.
We will have to wait and see what replaces NCHI’s and whether they are better or maybe worse than the current increasingly hated policy.
Link
GB News story on the abandonment of NCHI’s.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/non-crime-hate-incidents-scrapped-police-forces-new-common-sense-system-revealed