Why home secretary was reported for hate speech
An academic has reported Amber Rudd to the police for comments he claimed "discriminated against foreigners鈥 by 鈥渒eeping lists鈥.
Prof Joshua Silver, a physicist at Oxford University, complained to police - a service the home secretary oversees - for comments made in her speech to Conservative conference last October.
On the Daily Politics, he told Andrew Neil: 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 actually see the speech but I鈥檝e read the draft. And I鈥檝e looked at all the feedback that there was to the speech. I鈥檝e read the speech carefully and I鈥檝e looked at all the feedback."
But former Tory leader Lord Howard said: 鈥淚 think Mr Silver should be thoroughly ashamed of himself because what he鈥檚 doing is to bring a well-intentioned piece of legislation into disrepute."
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from 12/01/2017
-
Does the English NHS have the money it needs?
Duration: 09:16
-
Memories of Prof Anthony King
Duration: 01:04
-
Reaction to Donald Trump's press conference
Duration: 13:22
-
'The UK is now at the front of the queue'
Duration: 01:23
More clips from Daily Politics
-
Bone and Pound get mood box views—24/07/2018
Duration: 03:14
-
Goodbye to the Daily Politics after 15 years—24/07/2018
Duration: 10:18
-
New political party and splits in existing ones?—23/07/2018
Duration: 02:58
-
What is Labour doing about anti-Semitism?—23/07/2018
Duration: 02:21