Graham Linehan arrested on arrival at Heathrow

[IDareSay]

Arrested again! Details on his Substack. This is beyond a joke; 5 armed officers!

https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/i-just-got-arrested-again

Ugh why am I not surprised! Violent little misogynist 🙄

Why trans and trans activists are so strong now? I remember when I was young not many people were trans and they were mostly prostitutes not that I want that for them but why they have to occupy only female spaces when they are not female? Or harassing comedians?

It’s accurate all right. In his blog post linked in the OP where he says:
The doctors suggested the high blood pressure was stress-related, combined with long-haul travel and lack of movement. I feel it may also have been a contributing factor that I have now spent eight years being targeted by trans activists working in tandem with police in a dedicated, perseistent harassment campaign because I refuse to believe that lesbians have cocks.

Nah, he isn’t.
I know him.
He really isn’t.

You mean your relationship with facts, or perhaps not recognising his jokes? Hint, he usually puts a ! after his jokes.
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His description indicates he wasn’t stressed by the police at all.
“When I first saw the cops, I actually laughed. I couldn't help myself. "Don't tell me! You've been sent by trans activists..””

“Among the rank-and-file, there was a sort of polite bafflement. Entirely professional and even kind, but most had absolutely no idea what any of this was about. “Kind” because the officers saw how upset I was-…and they treated me gently after that. They even arranged for a van to meet me on the tarmac so I didn't have to be perp-walked through the airport like a terrorist. Small mercies.”

“Then I was shown into a small green-tiled cell with a bunk,….I managed to doze off. After the premier economy seat in which I’d just spent ten hours, it was actually a relief to stretch out.”

“The police themselves, for the most part, were consistently decent throughout this farce. Some were even Father Ted fans. Thank God the Catholic Church never had with the police the special relationship granted to trans activists. The male officers were mostly polite but clearly nonplussed by the politics of it all—just doing their jobs, however insane those jobs had become. The female officers seemed more tuned in to what was actually happening. One mentioned the Sandie Peggie case in a certain way, and I realised I was among friends, even if they couldn’t admit it.” (Italics my own)

Yeah so so stressed by the police that he sleeps on a bunk, calling it a relief and refers to the police as kind, decent and friends.

Or, according to G man, years of hurty words on twitter by TRAs- which he calls a “perseistent harassment campaign”

(spelling his own)

Have to say really disappointed that this thread has been so sucessfully derailed.

Given that this has had such massive media coverage, anyone looking for more information and ideas will just find schoolyard responses to intentional derailers.

Not even funny.

Just childish.

It’s for his own health. The friendly, decent, and kindly police know that all those TRAs sending him hate mail could cause him a coronary.

I think it's good in a way. Onlookers should see exactly what people like 'Sabrina' are about.

Sorry I mean summer fever bloke or whatever his name is.

Yes, I pointed that out and the Telegraph certainly implied it.

The tweets are 4 months old and no one has taken any action.

Then the day he arrives in the UK someone has reported him to the police, apparently for insulting same sex attracted people (which isn't what any of the tweets were about) and as a result he cant now tweet during the time he is here and in court.

So even if it turns out there is no substance in the accusations, it has still had the effect wanted.

I wonder in whose interest it is for Glinner not to have a voice on X at this time.

It shouldn’t even be covered in the media to the extent it is. It is only news because he is a rich white male celebrity comic.

How many women have lost their jobs, been banned and whisked down to to station for police questioning for saying much less than him? And never once hinting at violence…

Typical, the media only cares and is outraged when a rich white man gets handled with kid gloves by the police after going way beyond what any woman has said.

In the most respectful way possible, we are now on page 28, most casual readers probably won't read further than a few pages. The less casual readers will persevere. The regulars know the usual suspects and won't take them seriously. Not much has been happening for a fair bit of the thread.

I understand you don't want the thread derailed, but (respectfully) it's not your job to police the thread.

I think it's a bit different if there is current goings on and someone is actively trying to derail from that, like our usual interrupteron in the Sandi Peggie threads, but that's not happening here just now.

People are allowed to reply as and how they like within the guidelines. Sometimes I will ignore a derailer, sometimes I will counter their lies. Sometimes I'll have a laugh at their expense. All of these options are fine.

If you think it's childish that's your opinion, and while I might agree I took a bit of childish pleasure from the silliness tonight, it's been a long ass day and I think we all deserved a good laugh.

I think that laughing at certain posters is the best way to counter their nonsense at times.

Sounds like he's trying to make CF worry, there's an implicit threat there. Horrible little man!

You claimed It is almost certain his dangerously high blood pressure is due to his years of living an unhealthy lifestyle catching up to him

Nothing you’ve claimed there negates my points that:

(A) High blood pressure has genetic factors.

(B) Anxiety and emotional stress can raise blood pressure due to increased adrenaline and cortisol levels.

Phew!

I was about to be a bit cross for a moment.

FWIW you can now edit your posts within a short period of time after posting.

Readers can see the edit history, so will be able to see the original post if they click the "edited" button, but it's useful for if you make small errors like this

@Glinner On a serious note, have you got a home blood pressure monitor? It might be wise if not!

My read on it is that LOJ is more interested in Palestine activism these days. He's moved on from Transactivism as his pet cause. He's invested in criticism of police overreach and is once again in favour of free speech because it's an angle that better suits his new cause.

Helen oyce has a collection of the Front Pages of the newspapers on the arrest The Sun has the best one
https://x.com/HJoyceGender/status/1963001144524857805

Make no doubt about it this is a huge blow against the genderist cause.

It's so great. Always bet on trans activist overreach.

Very true. Yet the big picture is WE NEED TO WIN. We need media attention. We need the truth to get out about crazy the TAs are.

It sucks that one of the biggest mistakes the TAs made was going after sports. Because men care more about sport than women's prisons. Yet that doesn't matter. Because if we win in sport we can take down the rest of the foundations of all the horror.

The TAs are very careful NOT to challenge men a lot of the time. Look at their attitude to Catholicism and Islam which challenge their ideas directly. You never see them go after them seriously. They never really went after Ricky Gervais.

Yes the women who suffered were ignored. Yet Graham has publicised their suffering. He got arrested for listening to women. The only way we get their story out is by getting people to peak. The thing is now people will go you heard the Father Ted guy got arrested they start asking questions.

They maybe listen to JKR and other women. Then they find out about ALL the lies.

The TRA derailers is a tricky one.

They’re all very predictable (hence the famous TRA bingo card) & their frothing & scolding is a useful part of OperationLetThemSpeak.

However, they’re also incredibly boring but, on the plus side, sometimes unintentionally hilarious. I generally take a point & laugh position these days. They’re very thin skinned, the mask usually drops quite quickly.

Ultimately we’re talking about free speech on this thread, so it’s really up to each individual to decide if & how they want to respond to these posters.

@glinner i know this must be a massive stressful ballache for you but I think the TRAs have finally screwed the pooch with this one. We've been trying to show everyone just how batshit they are and this has finally lifted the lid on it. The people who enabled this are going to get the full glare of publicity. They won't survive the repercussions. About bloody time.

The best thing is that disgraced ex copper Lynsey Watson is involved in both cases. When that properly comes out it's going to be biiiiiig