Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested at Heathrow Airport by five armed police officers for three “offensive” X posts.

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[From X:](https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1962829706509558203)

>Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested at Heathrow Airport by five armed police officers for three “offensive” X posts.

[His background:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan)

>Graham George Linehan created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted (1995–1998), Black Books (2000–2004), and The IT Crowd (2006–2013), and has written for shows including Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and The Fast Show. Early in his career, he partnered with the writer Arthur Mathews. Linehan has won five BAFTA awards, including Best Writer, Comedy, for The IT Crowd in 2014.

More info:

[I just got arrested again](https://open.substack.com/pub/grahamlinehan/p/i-just-got-arrested-again?r=bcdki&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false)

> Something odd happened before I even boarded the flight in Arizona. When I handed over my passport at the gate, the official told me I didn’t have a seat and had to be re-ticketed. At the time, I thought it was just the sort of innocent snafu that makes air travel such a joy. But in hindsight, it was clear I’d been flagged. Someone, somewhere, probably wearing unconvincing make-up and his sister/wife’s/mum’s underwear, had made a phone call.
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> The moment I stepped off the plane at Heathrow, five armed police officers were waiting. Not one, not two—five. They escorted me to a private area and told me I was under arrest for three tweets. In a country where paedophiles escape sentencing, where knife crime is out of control, where women are assaulted and harassed every time they gather to speak, the state had mobilised five armed officers to arrest a comedy writer for this tweet (and no, I promise you, I am not making this up.

When did the English become so unreasonable? I thought that was their thing.