Rangers public house bans filming of singing on premises due to hate crime law

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The Bristol Bar on Glasgow’s Duke Street has produced a new rule book for customers due to fears about them committing a hate crime by singing offensive songs

A popular Rangers public house is banning customers from filming on the premises due to concerns surrounding Humza Yousaf’s hate crime laws.

The Bristol Bar, on Duke Street in Glasgow, is concerned about trouble with the police if customers are heard singing or chanting offensive songs.

There have been no reports that the  public house has banned singing or chanting, however.

Since the new legislation was brought in on April 1, more than 7,000 complaints were made to Police Scotland in the first seven days, with the majority of these hoaxes or incidents that did not meet the criminal threshold. Just 240 (3%) are being probed.

Concerns were raised about a flood of reports due to the big match at the weekend, with only Rangers fans being allowed into Ibrox for the clash against Celtic, whose fans reported to be listening closely to TV and radio to report any potentially illegal chanting.

But in the end, only two crime reports have been raised relating to the match. Stirring up hatred against religion is now illegal, meaning some of the songs enjoyed by supporters of both Glasgow teams could lead to a criminal investigation.

The police are of course investigating other matters including missiles being thrown from the crowd into the Celtic dugout.

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