Surrender acts and lynch mobs: The real-life consequences of inflammatory language

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1. Meanwhile, in Scotland:

Police chief urges responsible language when discussing Brexit

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Speaking at the Scottish Parliament yesterday, Police Scotland deputy chief constable Will Kerr warned that some of the language being used was making it more difficult to “police the environment”.

It follows Prime Minister Boris Johnson being told by MPs to temper his language, having been condemned for comments including use of the term “surrender act” to refer to a law designed to prevent a No-Deal Brexit.

“One of our biggest concerns is the unpredictability of the environment that we face at the moment in terms of the reaction of the public to rapidly evolving and rapidly changing events,” Kerr told MSPs.

“And in that rapidly changing environment, words and behaviour matter."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/17939902.police-chief-urges-responsible-language-discussing-brexit/