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An advocacy body has launched a helpline for anyone arrested or contacted by Police Scotland after controversial hate crime legislation was rolled out north of the border. The Free Speech Union, headed up by conservative commentator Toby Young, claimed the organisation acquired an additional 1,000 Scottish members last week. Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act was enacted on April 1. FSU signed a deal with legal firm Levy & McRae fund them to represent free speech cases arising from the new legislation. The new legislation outlaws “stirring up” hate based on race, age, religion, disabil…

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