""I find the UK culturally a desert," he said. "I am disgusted with all my old colleagues in comedy and theatre who have just watched as I've been beaten up in the dark by these people. I don't really want to have anything to do with them, I don't think there really is anything for me here.""
""It just feels I can relax a little bit more in America. I know I won't get my collar felt for telling a joke.""
""Sometimes I've tweeted a bit more out of anger because of the frustration that no one's paying attention to this issue.""
Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of inciting violence relating to three posts on X/Twitter after flying in from the US. The Metropolitan Police confirmed a man in his fifties was detained. Linehan posted screenshots of the social media posts on Substack, including one that advocated punching trans women. He said his conditional bail barred him from using X and claimed he breached that condition days later. Linehan said he prefers the US, calling the UK culturally barren and saying America feels to him like it values free speech. The arrest reignited debate over free speech versus hate speech and drew political comment.
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