'What the f*** has the UK become?' as Father Ted creator arrested by the Met 'for making jokes' on X - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

"The Met spokeswoman said it is "routine" for officers that patrol airports to be "armed" and their weapons "were not drawn or used at any point during the arrest.""

""Britain used to be known for its sense of humour. Now the police are arresting people for making jokes. You live in a society? Occasionally you're going to be offended. That's how it works.""

""The police only respond to 1 in 5 reported shoplifting offences, but deploy 5 armed officers to arrest a comedian over three tweets. We desperately need to end this nonsense and go after actual criminals.""

Graham Linehan was detained at Heathrow by five armed officers after flying from Arizona and questioned over three tweets about trans people posted months earlier. Officers arrested him on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to posts on X. Linehan was taken to a police cell, reported raised blood pressure and was taken to hospital for monitoring, then released on bail. The Met said armed airport patrols are routine and that weapons were not drawn or used. Conservative politicians and public figures criticized the arrest as excessive and a misplacement of policing priorities.

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