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These are the standard rules about comments posted to this site:

1. Debate should be lively but also constructive.
2. Don’t incite hatred on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or other personal characteristic.
3. Don’t swear, use hate-speech or make obscene or vulgar comments.
4. Don’t break the law. This includes libel, condoning illegal activity and contempt of court (comments which might affect the outcome of an approaching court case).
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7. Don’t impersonate or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation.
8. Use evidence/examples to back up arguments.
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10. Stay on-topic. Please don’t post messages that are unrelated to this report.

If a comment contravenes the discussion rules it will not be published.

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Comments will be moderated by the Hansard Society. Moderators are concerned with the quality of the discussion not the interests of one individual, group or idea over another.

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