Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Comedian Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted and The I.T. Crowd, was arrested by five officers for mean tweets when he landed in Heathrow Airport.
One tweet suggested that women should confront trans women in female-only spaces with statements like “call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”
Check out FEE.org for more.
fee.org/articles/comedian-arrested-at-heathrow-for-edgy-tweets
Sources:
fee.org/articles/without-free-speech-all-speech-becomes-government-speech
cbc.ca/news/world/uk-rowley-arrest-linehan-1.7623857
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/defending-speech-we-hate
telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/09/03/free-speech-uk-dead-constitutional-revolution-restore-us
npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5498378/uk-police-say-more-than-500-people-arrested-in-pro-palestinian-events-over-weekend
cnn.com/2025/09/03/uk/uk-farage-free-speech-linehan-latam-intl
news.sky.com/story/couple-arrested-after-school-whatsapp-chat-messages-say-they-cannot-fathom-what-happened-13337935
cnn.com/2025/09/04/europe/palestine-action-london-terrorism-arrests-intl-hnk
bbc.com/news/articles/ce83pj1ggmeo
thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/police-make-30-arrests-a-day-for-offensive-online-messages-zbv886tqf
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/parents-arrested-by-hertfordshire-police-for-complaining-about-daughters-school
bbc.com/news/articles/c703e03w243o
jpost.com/bds-threat/article-866116
reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-administration-pressured-meta-censor-covid-19-content-2024-08-27
#GrahamLinehan #FreeSpeech #UKPolice #Twitter #ComedyWriter #FatherTed #ITCrowd #Censorship #OnlineSafety #TransDebate #UKNews #PoliceState #SocialMedia #Arrested #Heathrow #BritishComedy #FreeExpression #CultureWar #UKLaw #Controversy #fee
Comedian Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted and The I.T. Crowd, was arrested by five officers for mean tweets when he landed in Heathrow Airport.
One tweet suggested that women should confront trans women in female-only spaces with statements like “call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”
Check out FEE.org for more.
fee.org/articles/comedian-arrested-at-heathrow-for-edgy-tweets
Sources:
fee.org/articles/without-free-speech-all-speech-becomes-government-speech
cbc.ca/news/world/uk-rowley-arrest-linehan-1.7623857
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/defending-speech-we-hate
telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/09/03/free-speech-uk-dead-constitutional-revolution-restore-us
npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5498378/uk-police-say-more-than-500-people-arrested-in-pro-palestinian-events-over-weekend
cnn.com/2025/09/03/uk/uk-farage-free-speech-linehan-latam-intl
news.sky.com/story/couple-arrested-after-school-whatsapp-chat-messages-say-they-cannot-fathom-what-happened-13337935
cnn.com/2025/09/04/europe/palestine-action-london-terrorism-arrests-intl-hnk
bbc.com/news/articles/ce83pj1ggmeo
thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/police-make-30-arrests-a-day-for-offensive-online-messages-zbv886tqf
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/parents-arrested-by-hertfordshire-police-for-complaining-about-daughters-school
bbc.com/news/articles/c703e03w243o
jpost.com/bds-threat/article-866116
reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-administration-pressured-meta-censor-covid-19-content-2024-08-27
#GrahamLinehan #FreeSpeech #UKPolice #Twitter #ComedyWriter #FatherTed #ITCrowd #Censorship #OnlineSafety #TransDebate #UKNews #PoliceState #SocialMedia #Arrested #Heathrow #BritishComedy #FreeExpression #CultureWar #UKLaw #Controversy #fee
