For starters, Khan – London’s Police and Crime Commissioner as well as its Mayor – seems more interested in climate change than crime.
Projecting sexual imagery as a form of entertainment can’t continue if we intend to remain a civilised society.
The Prime Minister has been criticised for rejecting the idea of this new law – on the basis it would stretch police resources.
The Home Secretary says: “We need answers as to why this was allowed to happen”.
It should worry us all that a Conservative government is even on board with the concept of a hate crime.
Its response seems more about appeasing protesters than creating credible solutions to misogyny.
Those MPs voting for the Bill today must make clear their intent to improve it later stages – and protect our civil liberties.
That there may be as many as three investigations into Saturday’s events on Clapham Common tells us much we need to know.
Imposing collective guilt on a group is fundamentally unconservative. I hope never to see our Party dabble with it.