This week, UK prime minister Keir Starmer pledged to make communities safer by putting more police officers on the streets at certain times of day. This forms part of the Labour government’s wider plan to intervene more forcefully in community life, including bringing in so-called Respect Orders to clamp down on the ever more broadly defined category of ‘anti-social behaviour’.
Telling someone to “Speak English” is considered a hate crime in England.
You must say “Speak clearly.” Keep this in mind if you’re headed to the UK. pic.twitter.com/PB8KQ7hqfI
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) April 13, 2025
