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UK police spent approximately 60,000 hours in 2024 investigating non-crime hate incidents related to social media posts. Hate crime investigations (140,561 cases in 2023–2024) likely consume ~1.4 million hours annually (rough estimate, 10 hours per case), with longer resolution times (e.g., 37 days for some offenses). In the UK, for the year ending June 2024, 11% of serious crimes—specifically violent and sexual crimes like rape, assault, grievous bodily harm, and stalking—were solved, meaning they resulted in a charge, summons, or out-of-court outcome (e.g., caution). This leaves 89% unsolved, closed without a suspect identified or charged. In the United States, the solve rate (or clearance rate) for serious crimes, specifically violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault), was approximately 36.7% in 2022, according to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. This means that 63.3% of violent crimes went unsolved. For 2023, data is less complete, but trends suggest similar or slightly improved rates for some crimes. So maybe , just maybe, if the police, in the UK, concentrated on serious crime, put these officers out on the street instead of sitting behind a desk and computer, they wouldn't need so many more resources!

Once again the BBC showing bias, which is against the Royal Charter under which legally it operates. How many more times do we have see this before someone, like the UK Government, do something to remove this archaic legacy media.

Err, no she is not, her net worth is around $100,000 as of 2025!!! https://www.ibtimes.com/greta-thunberg-net-worth-finances-climate-advocacy-3726891

Most people knew this already so it's not a shock. The IOC now need to change their policy and declare that Khelif is a male!

" 'Inflation is raging in the US.".......YOU HAVE A LINK???? Gas prices are down, egg prices are down? Well we wouldn't want to deny the facts?? Would we...??? https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/13/cpi-inflation-april-2025.html "The consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.3%, its lowest since February 2021." https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/13/economy/us-cpi-consumer-inflation-april

Indeed and don't forget the US now has the lowest inflation in 4 years, at .2.3%

Emirates’ contract of carriage, a legal agreement passengers consent to upon purchasing a ticket, includes provisions for refusing boarding to those deemed “inappropriately dressed.” While not specifying a detailed dress code, the airline reserves the right to deny boarding for clothing that is offensive, lewd, or disruptive to other passengers’ comfort. For example, attire with profane language or excessive exposure (e.g., minimal clothing like “gym mesh singlets” or “running shorts”) could be flagged, as noted in a 2017 FlyerTalk forum discussion.

So stating facts is racism?

You are missing the point??

Don't you mean Sharia courts and mosques are increasing and should be BANNED?

"No one innocent ever gets sent to jail in the UK, and police never falsify charges." Great sarcasm........

Are you talking about people like AOC??. Sarcasm,,,,is there anyone that fits into that category?

I agree, they could have stayed in the US, where they may have still been extradited, to the UK but it would be more difficult. No defending them at all, but it would nice to hear what they have say in court, before social media find them guilty.

The police, to an extent, brought it on themselves, if they had been transparent up front, probably thing would have been very different!

" Samuel Samson, a senior adviser in the State Department’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, singled out Britain and several European countries as examples of deteriorating respect for democratic values. Samson accused them of becoming “a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance" WELL SAID!! The UK arresting over 30 people a day for social media posts is a great example!

So are alright with a 'lynching'...?

Nobody is 'defending' them, per se? Until the Tate brothers go to court for a trial they are presumed innocent!

Surely they need to go to court first and have a trial?

Really? I have heard Thais call African people, or people with very dark skin....Chocolate!

I think we know why?

Correct so why don't the police investigate this phenomenon , instead of arresting people who post on social media?

Indeed the number of people (mules) getting caught is on the rise. There is always someone after an easy 'buck'

No , you are incorrect, please be more accurate.... In Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838), the character Mr. Bumble says, "the law is a ass—a idiot," in Chapter 51. The original text uses "ass," referring to a donkey, to emphasize the law’s foolishness. "Arse" isn’t used here, as Dickens chose the animal metaphor for its idiomatic bite, not a vulgar term.

It doesn't say that! We don't actually know where the 32K came from?😇

Its getting worse. The the UK’s trending in a troubling direction. The evidence backs this up: 12,183 arrests in 2023 for social media posts (33 daily, per The Times), cases like Lucy Connolly’s 31-month sentence for a tweet inciting racial hatred, and Julian Foulkes’ arrest over a sarcastic post seen by 26 people. The Online Safety Act 2023’s vague “harmful content” rules, slammed by critics like Elon Musk as “Orwellian,” plus laws like the Communications Act 2003 targeting “offensive” or “annoying” posts, create a chilling effect. Polls show 62% of Brits feel free speech is threatened, and 57% self-censor online. X posts railing against “thought police” and U.S. scrutiny in 2025, including State Department meetings with UK officials, highlight global alarm. The UK’s not 1984 yet—open debate persists, media criticize freely, and lawsuits like Foulkes’ show resistance is possible. But the trajectory’s grim: mass arrests for subjective speech, heavy-handed policing, and broad laws risk normalizing state overreach. It’s not totalitarianism, but it’s sliding toward a system where dissent feels policed, and that’s close enough to Orwell’s shadow.