Scotland has created a new crime of "stirring up hatred" relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex
Deputy Editor of Spiked Fraser Myers has claimed that Police will be "gearing up to arrest" JK Rowling.
This comes after the Harry Potter author challenged Scotland's new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence.
Speaking on GB News Fraser Myers said: "The new law is entirely subjective. It talks about it being an offence to stir up hatred, which can land you with a potential seven years in prison if you fall foul of that law.
"We don't yet have a clue what how the police will interpret that. What is very scary is that based on the guidance that the police have received so far, that could include people at public performances, it could include comedians. It could very explicitly include writers.
"It's not just JK Rowling, but Nicola Sturgeon's best mate, Val McDermid. The author has said she's worried that some of the characters in her novels could fall foul of this law and could attract police attention."hen asked if JK Rowling is likely to be arrested for her comments, Myers explained: "I think it's very brave of her. Whether you agree with her or not, to actually put your head above the parapet and have an opinion on this.
"I think if she is arrested it will expose the insanity and the derangement of the law. I think public opinion will turn against it completely."
He added: "This absolutely will have chilling effects on free speech, precisely because people in Scotland now do not know what it is illegal to say."T
he editor explained: "The worrying thing is that Police Scotland have actually held events in the run up to this bill where they use someone, a fictionalized version of someone who is obviously JK Rowling, and they were talking about whether is this person is a hate criminal.
"Someone who believes that biological sex is real or who talks a lot about biological sex and has a large following."The character is called Jo Ann, which happens to be her real name.
"So there are police officers who I think are probably gearing up to arrest her, which is quite troubling. They know that would be a PR disaster, but many SNP politicians have said that she has fallen foul of the letter of the law."
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