Be Careful To Whom You Say Happy Noël in Britain — or the Coppers Might Be Called

Our leg at London discovers that there have been 13,000 ‘Non-Crime Hate Incidents’ recorded in Britain this year alone.

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The Free Speech Union, created and led by the English writer Toby Young, is that rare concern which defends the beleaguered Brit when he gets a visit from the police for something called a “Non-Crime Hate Incident.” Our bobbies mysteriously seem to have all the time in the world to devote themselves to name-calling, which is what the vast majority of NCHIs entail. 

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