Streeting wants police on 'streets' not 'policing tweets' after Linehan arrest
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Streeting wants police on 'streets' not 'policing tweets' after Linehan arrest
""police on the streets rather than policing tweets""
""It's the easiest thing in the world for people to criticise the police, but they are enforcing laws that parliament has passed and asked them to enforce.""
""So if we haven't got the balance right, as Parliament over successive governments, that is something that we need to look at because the Home Secretary is very clear about what her priorities are""
""A photo you can smell." "I hate them. misogynists and homophobes. F*** em.""
Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to posts on X after returning from Arizona and was bailed pending further investigation. The Metropolitan Police confirmed a man in his fifties had been arrested and released on bail with a reported condition not to use X. Linehan published on Substack about the arrest and shared the posts alleged to have prompted police attention, including derogatory comments and an image caption. Health secretary Wes Streeting expressed a preference for visible policing on streets rather than policing tweets and noted that police are enforcing laws passed by Parliament, suggesting the legal balance and enforcement priorities may need review.
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