Graham Linehan says he may never come back to Britain after arrest
Graham Linehan was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence through social media posts and released on bail with a condition banning his use of platform X.
- Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport on September 1 on suspicion of inciting violence through social media posts, as confirmed by the Metropolitan Police.
- After being released on bail, Linehan stated he may never return to Britain, claiming, 'What happened to me on Monday was almost the perfect finale to my time in the UK.'
- Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley noted that officers should not be 'policing toxic culture wars debates' and were in a challenging position enforcing the law.
- JK Rowling expressed outrage over Linehan's arrest, marking significant reactions from notable figures in the ongoing controversy over transgender issues.
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Britain, Land of the Unfree
When the Irish comedian Graham Linehan arrived at London Heathrow Airport this past weekend, he was greeted by five armed British police officers who arrested him for—get this—three rude tweets. Or, as Linehan wrote on his Substack, “I was arrested at an airport like a terrorist, locked in a cell like a criminal, taken to hospital because the stress nearly killed me, and banned from speaking online—all because I made jokes that upset some psycho…
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