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A couple of days ago, Graham Linehan , the brilliant Irish comedy writer behind smash hits like Father Ted, was arrested at Heathrow Airport upon disembarking his flight from Arizona. Five armed officers detained him and informed him that they were taking him into custody under suspicion of “inciting violence,” citing three tweets he posted in April of 2025.

I’m going to let you read the tweets for yourself. They read as follows:

“ If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”

A photo of a trans rally captioned: “ A photo you can smell .”

“ I hate them . Misogynists and homophobes. F*** em.”

Linehan was ultimately released from custod

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