Well, well, well. The ink was still drying on our blog about repeal of the Public Order Act 1986 when a prime example of what we were talking about fell straight from the heavens the very next day.
Graham Linehan, 57, is a well known screenwriter and comedian and creator of the famous Irish TV comedy 'Father Ted'. He is also well known for his opposition to trans legislation, opposition that is teetering on the balance of being just about legal in the UK although a great many intolerants would like to shut down Mr Linehan and the anti-trans thing completely.
Mr Linehan was arrested by five police officers at Heathrow on Monday after arriving from the United States. The arrest was 'on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to posts about trans-people on a social media platform'. He was taken to a Police cell and questioned before being released on Police bail after agreeing no further tweets meantime.
The joke Mr Linehan posted was quite funny as it happens but the arrest has caused uproar with allsorts from the Prime Minister down getting in on the act and even the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, calling for repeal of this dreadful legislation. We're at one on that, Mark, old boy. The circumstances are a truly shocking state of affairs with politicians appearing from everywhere to criticise what has happened. They're a bit late, the spineless creeps. They should have been doing something about this legislation years ago.
We do not for a second criticise those five officers who arrested Mr Linehan. Our anger resides with whatever idiot of a police officer authorised the arrest in the first place. He, or she, should be suspended immediately.
A comedian getting arrested for telling jokes? George Orwell's 1984 has well and truly arrived.
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