Justin Webb R4 today

[Davros]

I just turned it on and he's giving some defender of the Scottish hate crime bill a hard time

Brown is Minister for Community Safety, reports to Justice Secretary, so should have a grasp of the issue.

Expecting a Scottish government minister to have a grasp on their brief is a bit much. Or indeed a grasp on reality.

But I'm sure the above is sarcasm on Arabella's part.

It starts a couple of minutes before the OP’s first post.

Haha good!

I’m sure he didn’t mean all women

Haha

Tatchell’s very good at mixing reasonable with unreasonable. I don’t trust him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xwqd

2.hours 10 minutes from the start

Started at 8.10 just after the news.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xwqd

I haven't listened to it yet! But yes I would expect a Minister in the Justice department to have an understanding of a new law.

Was wondering if women’s hour would bother. No it’s country singing.

Love Justin Webb. As an aside I would really recommend his book “The Gift of a radio “. It’s a really touching, funny and engaging read. He had a difficult childhood.

Budge up everyone, the ferret is reversing!

Tatchell likes to freely speak about certain topics, that’s for sure.

He also likes to ingratiate himself to people occasionally to gloss over his, er, shall we say, less savoury opinions.

About 8.20am, maybe a little earlier

We dont know what tatchell is imagining when talking about women, or even female.

What is the White speech?

I think he said there were too many white people or something.

Yousouf made a speech in which he listed high up positions in Scotland and for each he said that the person holding the position is White. I haven’t heard the whole speech for context, but in the section with the “white” rhetoric I can understand people thinking he sounded prejudiced against white people.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3047549/Yousaf-says-high-position-power-occupied-white-people.html

For context, 95.4% of Scottish people record their ethnicity as 'white'.

Or 96%, according to the census.

https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/census-results/at-a-glance/ethnicity/

Indeed, @HoneyButterPopcorn Women's Hour fiddling while Rome burns.
Not bovvering.

So can I complain about him? I'm not in Scotland, but the 'racially' motivated comment was committed in Scotland ............

And I'm white, so I can be insulted, I don't actually care, 'coz I can't be bothered about nonsense, but it's still insulting all the same.

Anyone can report anyone and anything you like, for any speech or behaviour.

https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/campaigns/2023/hate-crime/

Sorry, wrong link.

'It’s important to report hate crime whether you are affected personally, or if you witness someone else being targeted. For example, you could be a friend, neighbour, family member, support worker or a passer-by.
You should tell the police if you think it happened because of disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. It may even be a combination of these things. This is important as it tells us that it could be a hate crime.
If something happens and you are not sure if it is a crime, please remember, if it feels wrong, report it and let us help.'

https://www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us/reporting-hate-crime/?platform=hootsuite