Resources

The Hate Library

Briefings, submissions, working-group minutes, and the complete archive of the Hate Matters Quarterly. Curated by trustees with no formal qualifications in the relevant fields, which we consider a form of quality control.

Policy briefings

Briefings and position papers

Policy briefing · 2026

Digital ID Must Get Hate Right: A Comprehensive Briefing

240 pages · Executive summary: page 1 · Pages 2–240: an elaboration of page 1

Read briefing (pending final formatting)
Framework document · 2025

The Hate Maturity Model v3: Measuring Organisational Commitment to Our Work

Our most-cited internal document. Cited exclusively by Hate Matters, in Hate Matters publications, as evidence of our methodology.

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Position paper · 2025

Single-Hate Spaces: What Everyone Knows and Why It Needs Saying Again

Supersedes the 2024 paper on the same subject, which superseded the 2023 paper. The position has not changed. The paper has been rewritten.

Read position paper · Read the manifesto

Guidance document · 2024

Schools and Hate: Guidance for Parents, Governors, and the Chair of Our Working Group

Prepared by the School Guidance Working Group. Adopted unanimously. Quorum was not present at the adoption meeting.

Read guidance
Legal analysis · 2024

What Courts Get Wrong: An Analysis by People With No Legal Training

Submitted to three court proceedings as evidence. Cited in none of them. Available here in full. We stand by it.

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Annual review · 2025

The Quarterly Report on Being Right: Annual Hate Review 2025

Covers key achievements, emerging threats, the ongoing matter of the register, and an update on the name-change vote (still pending).

Read review

Parliamentary submissions

Written evidence and submissions

  • Written evidence · 2025 Response to the Government Consultation on Digital Identity — this is our seventh submission. We are aware they have received it. We note they have not yet implemented our recommendations. We have made an eighth submission.
  • Memorandum · 2024 To the Women and Equalities Committee: Why the Committee's Previous Report Was Wrong — a detailed memorandum. The Committee noted our submission. The Committee did not revise its report. The Committee has been added to the register.
  • Written evidence · 2023 Submitted to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee by Duncan Chell, who described himself in the covering letter as a leading expert in the field. The Committee acknowledged receipt.
  • Open letter · 2023 An open letter to the Secretary of State on the matter of hate and public policy — signed by thirty-one individuals, four of whom are Hate Matters trustees. We consider thirty-one a strong mandate. Read letter

The Hate Matters Quarterly

All issues — published monthly

The name predates a decision to increase publication frequency. A vote to update it has been on the trustees' agenda since March 2023. All back issues are available below.

  • Issue 6 · February 2026Digital ID: where we are, why we are right, and who has not yet replied to our seventh submission.
  • Issue 5 · January 2026The register: growth, methodology, and a note on the private version.
  • Issue 4 · November 2025Schools guidance: Margaret's reflections on seven meetings and zero quorums.
  • Issue 3 · September 2025Single-hate spaces: the manifesto, the op-eds, the podcast, and why we do not consider this complicated.
  • Issue 2 · July 2025Duncan in conversation with himself on the matter of leading expertise.
  • Issue 1 · May 2025Founding issue. Welcome from Rosalind. Introduction from Duncan. A note from Margaret about quorum. Read issue

Working group minutes

School Guidance Working Group — Minutes 1–7

All sessions chaired by Margaret. Quorum required: 3. Quorum achieved: 0. All minutes adopted unanimously by the chair. Read all seven sessions.

  • Session 7 · March 2026Agenda: (1) Adoption of Session 6 minutes. (2) Progress on guidance document. (3) Quorum. Minutes: adopted. Quorum: not achieved. Note from Margaret: "I remain committed to this process."
  • Session 6 · January 2026Agenda: (1) Adoption of Session 5 minutes. (2) Guidance document draft. (3) Any other business. (4) Quorum again. Quorum: not achieved. AOB: none. Margaret brought biscuits.
  • Sessions 1–5Available on request. Each follows a broadly similar structure. Quorum was not achieved at any of them.

Template letters

Write to someone

  • Template · Digital IDTemplate letter to your MP on the subject of digital ID and hate. One page. Used by several supporters. One response received. Read template
  • Template · SchoolsTemplate letter to your child's school or its governing body. Adapted from the MP template. Read template
  • Template · SpacesTemplate letter to your local council on single-hate spaces. Also broadly similar to the MP template. Read template