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Amid mounting concern, about the use of inflammatory rhetoric in parliament, a cross-party initiative has been launched to attempt to counter it by highlighting those who refrain from such language.
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The former cabinet minister Amber Rudd has accused Boris Johnson of inciting violence.
She told the Evening Standard:
The sort of language I’m afraid we’ve seen more and more of coming out from No 10 does incite violence. It’s the sort of language people think legitimises a more aggressive approach and sometimes violence.