Tone down speeches to avoid hate crime, MEP candidates told
(WorldNews Politics)

Politicians need to tone down their language to avoid `inciting hatred` and inflaming tensions during the final stage of campaigning for the European elections, a senior police chief has said. Describing the current mood in the UK as `incredibly febrile`, the country´s most senior police figure on hate crime urged public figures and prospective MEPs to temper their rhetoric as the battle for votes enters its last few days. The National Police Chiefs´ Council lead for hate crime, Mark Hamilton, who is the assistant chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said organised groups were preying on `heightened political divisions` and emboldening racists to `act out or express...