Yikes! The UK is serious about tweeting (1 Viewer)

[Isaac]

UK comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested over social media posts criticizing trans activists

Former comedy writer Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport in relation to several social media posts in which he criticized trans activists.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Cotswold]

Graham is Irish, a citizen of Eire, the Irish Republic. Not Northern Ireland British. He uploaded those posts from Arizona a couple of months ago apparently. So if any US citizens post anything that the British police think is unsuitable, or someone objects to, then watch out! If you come to the UK you may well be arrested and thrown into jail whilst they interrogate you.

I'm not sure just how Graham comes under the jurisdiction of the UK but this is Britain today.
Our PM is more concerned trying to trivialise the fact than his second in command Deputy PM Raynor's £40,000 tax avoidance scheme. Plus trying to tell us that illegal immigration is just fine. We are all still waiting for the Pakistani R*pe Gang trials to start, or maybe not. Time will tell.

It all make perfect sense.

 

[AngelSpeaks]

And yet idiot American celebrities want to move to the UK

 

[Mark_]

And yet idiot American celebrities want to move to the UK

At least they will have a warm bed waiting for them!

 

[moke123]

I see he's currently on trial for a different charge of harassing a trans woman and breaking her phone.

The charges from his arrest at Heathrow are apparently related to inciting violence.

I wonder if it is related to that new UK law Jon is concerned about.

 

[Isaac]

The charges from his arrest at Heathrow are apparently related to inciting violence.

After I made the AWF post, I read more about his situation and I do see the inciting violence as having mostly been the core issue, which if he did recommend people commit violence, then I feel a bit less sorry for him - I'll concede.

 

[Cotswold]

From what I understand he hasn't incited violence in the neo-terrorist understanding of violence.
It has been similar to a tweet stated in his current trial which was similar to "if a woman finds a trans in a women only space, then she is entitled to kick him in the balls" . He tends to make a point with humour and a humour that isn't always understood in the black & white trans world.
He is also very vocal in support of women's rights, which attracts a mountain of abuse in an attempt to silence him from the trans rights brigade.

 

[Jon]

Wasn't it Jo Brand who said something along the lines that she wished it was acid thrown in Nigel Farage's face, instead of water? Was she arrested by an armed squad?

Jo Brand backlash after Nigel Farage 'battery acid' joke

JO BRAND faced major backlash after she made a joke about throwing battery acid at politicians such as Nigel Farage instead of milkshakes, an unearthed account shows.

www.express.co.uk

 

[Cotswold]

Yes Jon it was. Always a person with a pleasant disposition to people she doesn't like which appears to be quite a lot. She claims to be a comedian but all I've heard her come out with is abuse and sarcasm.

As an aside, she was a nurse at one time. Just imagine coming round after an operation and seeing her stood there. You'd probably panic and be convulsed with terrible thought that you'd died and gone to hell.

 

[Pat Hartman]

Wasn't it Jo Brand who said something along the lines that she wished it was acid thrown in Nigel Farage's face, instead of water? Was she arrested by an armed squad?

Looks like your "justice" system works like ours does these days. Only people you don't like get prosecuted for certain crimes.