Nor is "merely possessing material" that could stir up racial hatred a crime. The law requires intent or likelihood of stirring up racial hatred. I don't know w

Nor is "merely possessing material" that could stir up racial hatred a crime. The law requires intent or likelihood of stirring up racial hatred. I don't know why you linked to a page filled with ads when the text of the law is available straight from the government that implemented it: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/64/data.html#key-a800a341a95e15051ff931ed7ed99357 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/64/data.html#key-a... If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred, it is a defence for him to prove— (a) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour, or (b) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening, abusive or insulting, or (c) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up.