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Scottish Sun
11 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Police slammed over daft hate crimes including trans woman banned from ladies loo & man singing Scots song in England
The bizarre cases were among at least 6,300 non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) recorded in 2024 LOO-NACY! Police slammed over daft hate crimes including trans woman banned from ladies loo & man singing Scots song in England COPS are still logging bizarre hate incidents — including the singing of anthem Flower of Scotland at an English railway station. An investigation by The Sun reveals how police — under fire for not catching shoplifters and burglars — are wasting vital time on the 'non-crime hate incidents'. 5 Police across Britain stand accused of failing to tackle 'actual crimes' while instead investigating 'hate' complaints (stock picture) Credit: Alamy 5 One force probed concerns about a man singing anthem Flower of Scotland at an English train station (stock picture) Credit: PA:Press Association 5 Cops also investigated a pub landlord who stopped a transgender woman using his ladies' loo (stock picture) Credit: Alamy Former officers and MPs want the 'crackers' cases scrapped. Police stand accused of failing to tackle 'actual crimes' while instead investigating 'hate' complaints — including one about a pub landlord who stopped a transgender woman using his ladies' loo. Cops also logged a case after a caller put on an Indian accent to order a chicken tikka masala from a takeaway. Another force was contacted by a person whose new boss called their designer clothes 'fake' and told them of an intimate Where's Wally tattoo. The bizarre cases were among at least 6,300 non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) recorded in 2024. The true figure would be much higher as 15 of the 44 police forces in England and Wales did not disclose figures under a Freedom of Information request. MPs and top cops led calls to stop wasting time on NCHIs, which are recorded where no criminal offence has been committed but the 'victim' feels it was motivated by hate or prejudice. Shadow Justice Minister Robert Jenrick said: 'We have lost the plot. 'Practically everyone in the country will have at some point said something that would get them reported. 'This is crackers. Moment Met boss dodges question over two-tier policing of riots by grabbing reporters' mic & chucking it to floor 'We need to scrap NCHIs altogether.' Reform UK's Lee Anderson added: 'The majority of these incidents are reported by total snowflakes. 'These are the people who should be charged with wasting police time. 'Officers should be investigating proper crimes not hurt feelings. 'Those who complain should go and live on a remote island with some of our celebrities who make a living out of being offended.' The person in Bedfordshire upset by the Where's Wally tattoo also complained of the supervisor asking about their shoes and requests to remove their durag hair covering. The incident was recorded as 'sex-based and hate-motivated'. The police log obtained by The Sun says: 'The victim felt irritated for the rest of the shift as it was mean and uncalled for.' In Dunstable, Beds, a complainant said they heard a neighbour gossiping on their Ring doorbell, then point at their home and make an insult before walking off. Bedfordshire Police said: 'We record hate related incidents in line with national guidance set out by the College of Policing.' South Wales Police, which dealt with the trans row, recorded 40 NCHIs last year. It said one 'perpetrator' was aged nine, another 11. Humberside Police logged the case where a person put on an Indian accent to order a curry. West Yorkshire Police handled 175 complaints — one from a man who claimed his bins kept being moved because he was gay. Forces that did not provide their figures included London's Met — the UK's biggest — West Midlands, Essex and Devon and Cornwall. Ex-Met detective Peter Bleksley said: 'These examples are ludicrous and a total waste of police time. 'Waste of police time' 'It is not a policing matter if someone is singing Flower of Scotland. 'If it were, the whole of the Met would have to be deployed when Scotland play rugby at Twickenham. 'These are mostly juvenile situations and officers should not lower themselves to getting involved. 'It is a serious problem when a lot of actual crimes are not investigated.' NCHIs were introduced in 2014 and are meant to help forces develop intelligence on situations that could potentially escalate. In some cases, cops speak to those supposedly committing offences. An NCHI can remain on file for six years and, in some cases, be disclosed to a prospective employer. A report this week by think tank Civitas called for NCHIs to be abolished. Author Hardeep Singh said: 'Some activist groups continue to weaponise them against their political opponents. "We've seen the most absurd incidents being recorded over the years, and precious police resources should not be drained by policing online ideological disputes.' 5 Cops also logged a case after a caller put on an Indian accent to order a chicken tikka masala from a takeaway Credit: Getty - Contributor 5 Another force was contacted by a person whose new boss called their designer clothes 'fake' and told them of an intimate Where's Wally tattoo Credit: Alamy In 2023, the Home Office issued guidance instructing officers to consider if there was genuine hostility in the incident or whether it could be considered freedom of speech. Earlier this month, Greater Manchester Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said the policy of recording NCHIs had 'passed its sell-by date'. Sir Andy Marsh, head of standards body the College of Policing, called on officers to use more 'common sense' and signalled that the recording of NCHIs needs to be scrapped. He said: 'What we've wrapped up that objective in doesn't stand up to scrutiny on many occasions under the common-sense test. 'We need to fix it. 'I don't want to be policing freedom of speech.'
The Sun
12 hours ago
- Politics
- The Sun
Police slammed over daft hate crimes including trans woman banned from ladies loo & man singing Scots song in England
COPS are still logging bizarre hate incidents — including the singing of anthem Flower of Scotland at an English railway station. An investigation by The Sun reveals how police — under fire for not catching shoplifters and burglars — are wasting vital time on the 'non-crime hate incidents'. 5 5 Former officers and MPs want the 'crackers' cases scrapped. Police stand accused of failing to tackle 'actual crimes' while instead investigating 'hate' complaints — including one about a pub landlord who stopped a transgender woman using his ladies' loo. Cops also logged a case after a caller put on an Indian accent to order a chicken tikka masala from a takeaway. Another force was contacted by a person whose new boss called their designer clothes 'fake' and told them of an intimate Where's Wally tattoo. The bizarre cases were among at least 6,300 non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) recorded in 2024. The true figure would be much higher as 15 of the 44 police forces in England and Wales did not disclose figures under a Freedom of Information request. MPs and top cops led calls to stop wasting time on NCHIs, which are recorded where no criminal offence has been committed but the 'victim' feels it was motivated by hate or prejudice. Shadow Justice Minister Robert Jenrick said: 'We have lost the plot. 'Practically everyone in the country will have at some point said something that would get them reported. 'This is crackers. Moment Met boss dodges question over two-tier policing of riots by grabbing reporters' mic & chucking it to floor 'We need to scrap NCHIs altogether.' Reform UK's Lee Anderson added: 'The majority of these incidents are reported by total snowflakes. 'These are the people who should be charged with wasting police time. 'Officers should be investigating proper crimes not hurt feelings. 'Those who complain should go and live on a remote island with some of our celebrities who make a living out of being offended.' The person in Bedfordshire upset by the Where's Wally tattoo also complained of the supervisor asking about their shoes and requests to remove their durag hair covering. The incident was recorded as 'sex-based and hate-motivated'. The police log obtained by The Sun says: 'The victim felt irritated for the rest of the shift as it was mean and uncalled for.' In Dunstable, Beds, a complainant said they heard a neighbour gossiping on their Ring doorbell, then point at their home and make an insult before walking off. Bedfordshire Police said: 'We record hate related incidents in line with national guidance set out by the College of Policing.' South Wales Police, which dealt with the trans row, recorded 40 NCHIs last year. It said one 'perpetrator' was aged nine, another 11. Humberside Police logged the case where a person put on an Indian accent to order a curry. West Yorkshire Police handled 175 complaints — one from a man who claimed his bins kept being moved because he was gay. Forces that did not provide their figures included London's Met — the UK's biggest — West Midlands, Essex and Devon and Cornwall. Ex-Met detective Peter Bleksley said: 'These examples are ludicrous and a total waste of police time. 'Waste of police time' 'It is not a policing matter if someone is singing Flower of Scotland. 'If it were, the whole of the Met would have to be deployed when Scotland play rugby at Twickenham. 'These are mostly juvenile situations and officers should not lower themselves to getting involved. 'It is a serious problem when a lot of actual crimes are not investigated.' NCHIs were introduced in 2014 and are meant to help forces develop intelligence on situations that could potentially escalate. In some cases, cops speak to those supposedly committing offences. An NCHI can remain on file for six years and, in some cases, be disclosed to a prospective employer. A report this week by think tank Civitas called for NCHIs to be abolished. Author Hardeep Singh said: 'Some activist groups continue to weaponise them against their political opponents. "We've seen the most absurd incidents being recorded over the years, and precious police resources should not be drained by policing online ideological disputes.' 5 5 In 2023, the Home Office issued guidance instructing officers to consider if there was genuine hostility in the incident or whether it could be considered freedom of speech. Earlier this month, Greater Manchester Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said the policy of recording NCHIs had 'passed its sell-by date'. Sir Andy Marsh, head of standards body the College of Policing, called on officers to use more 'common sense' and signalled that the recording of NCHIs needs to be scrapped. He said: 'What we've wrapped up that objective in doesn't stand up to scrutiny on many occasions under the common-sense test. 'We need to fix it. 'I don't want to be policing freedom of speech.'
The Sun
13 hours ago
- Politics
- The Sun
ANOTHER Starmer U-turn as PM ‘deeply regrets' calling Britain an ‘island of strangers' to warn of mass migration
SIR Keir Starmer says he 'deeply regrets' calling Britain an 'island of strangers' to warn of mass migration. The PM disowned his comments from May despite doubling down at the time amid fury from many of his own MPs. It marks the fourth U-turn in a matter of weeks following retreats on winter fuel, a grooming national inquiry and welfare cuts. Sir Keir told the Observer he was not aware of the similarities to Enoch Powell's infamous Rivers of Blood speech. The PM said: 'I had no idea – and my speechwriters didn't know either. But that particular phrase – no – it wasn't right. I'll give you the honest truth: I deeply regret using it.' He said he should have read through the speech properly and 'held it up to the light a bit more'. In the speech last month, the Labour leader was plugging his visa crackdown to cut monster levels of net migration. He declared: 'In a diverse nation like ours … we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.' Last night, Tory Robert Jenrick said: 'It says it all that Starmer 'deeply regrets' saying Britain risks becoming an 'island of strangers'. 'By 2031, nearly a quarter of people in the UK will have been born abroad. 'Starmer regrets saying what's obviously true because he doesn't believe in borders or the nation state. 'Starmer now says he was just 'reading the words out', like a dummy. 'We need a leader, not a ventriloquist.' Britain's migrant crisis being fuelled by Putin's Russia and other hostile states in secret plot to destabilise Britain 1 'We need a leader that has vision.'
Daily Mail
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
I'm NOT a huge lefty! Attorney General Lord Hermer dismisses claims he 'defends those who hate Britain' and hits out at 'two-tier' justice jibes as 'disgusting'
The Attorney General has rubbished suggestions that he's 'some huge lefty' as he hit back at claims he's dedicated his career to 'defending those who hate Britain'. Lord Hermer, who was hand-picked to be the Government's chief legal adviser by Sir Keir Starmer, defended himself from Tory attacks over his past client list. He also branded charges of a 'two-tier' justice system in Britain, which have been made following last summer's riots, as 'disgusting' and 'wrong'. The Labour peer told the BBC that politicians using the phrase needed to think about the 'dangers' they were posing to the UK's 'essential institutions'. Lord Hermer has been friends with the Prime Minister since 1996 when they worked at the same barristers' chambers. He was handed a peerage by Sir Keir in July last year so that he could serve in the Labour Government as Attorney General. But his time in the role has been dominated by controversy, including scrutiny of those individuals he represented during his time as a human rights lawyer. Tory shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has urged the PM to sack Lord Hermer. The Attorney General also branded charges of a 'two-tier' justice system in Britain, which have been made following last summer's riots, as 'disgusting' and 'wrong' 'Gerry Adams. Shamima Begum. Osama bin Laden's right-hand man,' Mr Jenrick posted on social media earlier this month. 'Lord Hermer has spent much of his life defending those who hate Britain. Why on earth did Starmer hand-pick him to be Attorney General?' Responding to the criticism, Lord Hermer said: 'The attacks on me are based on the fact that I represented some clients - obviously over 30 years, I represented thousands of clients. 'But the attacks are [that] I represented some individuals with reprehensible political views. It's a bit like attacking a journalist for the person that they're interviewing or a doctor for the nature of their patient. 'Lawyers are professionally obliged to represent those who come to them for cases. You can't say no because you don't like someone's politics. 'The whole justice system falls apart if you do that. It's really important. So on a kind of political level, I am untroubled by attacks on that.' He added: 'Frankly, it tickles most of my family and friends that I'm being portrayed as some huge lefty, because that's not who I am. 'I'm progressive, and I'm deeply pragmatic in my politics.' Lord Hermer also used the interview to address charges of a 'two-tier' justice system in Britain. There were accusations that last summer's riots - in the wake of the Southport murders - were policed more strongly than past protests, with offenders given tougher sentences. Those claims were fuelled by Labour's early release of prisoners to tackle jail overcrowding. But Lord Hermer flatly rejected the label, saying: 'What some people were seeking to do, bringing up 'two-tier', was to make a comparison with the way that people were being treated for trying to kill police officers - and I want to reiterate that, kill police officers - with the response to protests on the streets of London. 'You can have views as to whether they're right protests or wrong protests, but they were not producing violence that you could even begin legitimately to compare to what was going on [during] the riots. That's where the two-tier comes from.' He added: 'I think it's offensive to our police. It's offensive to our crown prosecutors who are trying to apply the law in the best faith. It is offensive to the courts, where independent judges are applying the law to reach the right sentences. 'We don't have a two-tiered justice system. We have one justice system, that is an independent justice I think we all need to get behind it, not seek to undermine it.'
Spectator
3 days ago
- Politics
- Spectator
Jenrick puts the Lib Dems on notice
To the PopCons, who have just interviewed onetime Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick. Popular Conservatism director Mark Littlewood sat down with the MP for Newark for a wide-ranging conversation touching on topics including the rise of Reform and tough justice. But Mr S was rather interested in what the shadow justice secretary had to say about the clear blue water separating his lot from his political opponents – especially those to his left. Issuing a warning, Jenrick insisted that the Tories must not beat around the bush for what they stand for – even if that means pushing more liberal members out. He told Littlewood: I've always said that a political party can be a broad church, but it's got to have a common creed. It's got to have some kind of religion at the heart of it, and the Tory Party hasn't had that in recent years. It has had two diverse opinions which has meant that you've left the public completely confused. What does this thing actually stand for? And there's been far too many times I've been on the doorstep and people have said: 'I don't know the difference between you and the Lib Dems and the Labour Party enough.' The Tory party has got to be very clear what it stands for, and with the greatest respect, that means that there might be some people who conclude this isn't the right party for them. And I mean no disrespect to those individuals, just the party's got to believe in something. It's got to be clear what it stands for. So the public aren't left confused. It may be the first time someone as senior as Jenrick has effectively told Lib Dems using the Conservative banner out of convenience to, er, go away… Watch the clip here:
