Graham Linehan arrested on arrival at Heathrow Part 3

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These threads are currently being used to follow the case that is taking place at Westminster Magistrate's Court over the 4th and 5th September, but will also be following the subsequent fallout of Graham's arrest at Heathrow on his return to the UK for this court case earlier this week.

He is currently on trial for alleged harassment of a trans identified male and criminal damage to the man's phone. The charges stem from a series of events in October 2024 at Battle of Ideas.

Part 1 here

Part 2 here

Graham's account of the arrest here

You can support his Substack here

Free Speech Union are running a fundraiser to support a claim against the Met in reference to the Heathrow arrest. Just search FSU and Graham Linehan fundraiser and it should be easy to find. Currently reached 93% of its target.

Most of the mainstream media have reported on the case, but none have covered it as well as Nick Wallis. Follow him on X for live posting from the court.
You can support Nick here (posted this morning Friday 5th September):

"I am deeply grateful to everyone who has seen fit to bung me the cost of a coffee, a pint or even a bloody London pint since I found out I was able to come back today. If you think you can afford to make a small donation, there’s more info here:"

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Probably a dogwhistle 😀

I think you can still see a bag handle, can’t you?

Maybe there’s a special school for inept image editing that he and Dr Upton both attended.

Good misrepresentation on a thread which talks a lot about how transactivists have misrepresented and acquired a reputation for misrepresentation and how that leads to there being doubt in the minds of those on the recieving end about the intent of the TRA and their ability to tell the truth.

Congratulations. You win the thread.

Yes, well it looks more purple to me but definitely the handle of a bag.

Hmmm.

I remember my mother telling me that folk from Edinburgh think that Fifers go around with straw sticking out their ears.

The "big fish in a wee pond" scenario is certainly very accurate, in my opinion. There's a certain conceit about Fife, particularly with regard to it being a "Kingdom".

My late husband and a couple of his fellow mature students were head-hunted at Northern College (Aberdeen) to work in "tough" schools in Fife. He used to tell folk that he was down here doing missionary work...

I recall his despair when he and a colleague went the extra mile to find a suitable college placement for a particular pupil. She refused to go, because it would have meant leaving Fife.

ETA Someone I know well worked in a particular school in Fife and was shocked to discover that some pupils had never been out of their hometown.

Chris, take the L, mate. There's no way you don't see the hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty of what you're saying, grossly misrepresenting what Glinner is saying while dismissing years of real life death and rape threats against GC women as nothing. Find some other anti-woman cause to glorify, this one is coming to an end.

It was really unsettling the way Brooks called to FW to ‘get the angle, get the angle, come in from behind’, giggling whilst he did so.

Yep, as an American would say - bullying 101

It's how high school bullies behave. Turn up with friends, encircle the victim, try to goad him/her into the first hit and make sure that there's no escape route.

'High school bullies' is a bit of a cliché but I do think that that cliché and stereotype are the foundation stones of this type of trans activism

ETA: hyperbole - a third foundation stone

It's the absolute opposite of what people who really do fear for their safety would do. It's people hoping for a strike. "Just give me a reason..."

Yeah, we actually live in a part of England which has a similar reputation, ironically enough. I saw it described as “not just financial poverty, but poverty of ambition”, with a prevailing attitude that taking steps to improve one’s life chances like training or higher education were Not For The Likes Of Us. A curious mix of fatalism and collective lack of confidence. Unfortunately it’s a fertile ground for Reform and their ilk with their simplistic and populist messaging.

It's how high school bullies behave. Turn up with friends, encircle the victim, try to goad him/her into the first hit and make sure that there's no escape route

I guess this is one of the skills that makes Tarquin useful to the older guys, who were probably long out of school by the time phone cameras came along to take bullying to a new level.

I can think of a few cases where relationships broke up because one partner refused to move away from Fife for work.

In fact, I recall that when a particular factory closed down in Cowdenbeath some workers refused jobs in the neighbouring factory 16 miles away in Kirkcaldy.

Some years ago, I worked in a certain Fife school and found myself in the awkward position of teaching one of my relatives. (There was a discussion with both the school and the parents.)

The pupil got good results and was offered a place at a uni in Edinburgh. The pupil's parents told them that they couldn't go. The mother: "I would just be working to put them through university!"

Could be - as I found out with mine, when they break the parts are difficult to find as, by definition, they are nebulous.

I find myself alarmed & distressed that you’ve made this accusation against GL.

I’m going to mull it over & decide whether to take the allegation further. I know you’re very keen on fairness, and that all parties are treated equally. So you’ll be more than happy if I decide to report you for this.

It’s sad to see someone so out of their depth and lacking in basic adult functional literacy.

You should tell the teacher, it’s what Chris would do.

Ditto - living through similar now, also not The Met. So much empathy with Glinner. I'm agog that Brookes case got this far and Glinner + 7 others 400 page document was dismissed in 24 hours. Utter bollocks.

As a world-class comedy writer, Graham has a keen eye for the absurd.

This tall tale of some banged-up transvestite crook getting raped thousands upon thousands of times by hardened criminals is ridiculous.

For Maid ‘Alarmed & Distressed’ Marion & his band of never merry men, Glinner really is unbearable.

For a start GL isn’t afraid to speak the truth (that everyone already knows) that Sophia, Sophie, Fred at al are all men. He also defends the rights of a group that they demonstrate they hate - women.

The killer is he’s a comedian with a wicked sense of humour, hugely successful who’s brightened the lives of untold numbers of people.

The unmerry men are without doubt the most miserable bunch imaginable, with a complete humour bypass. And not because they’re so ‘oppressed’ but because they’re failures, misfits, often with kinks & fetishes that they thought they could drag out of the bedroom into the public sphere.

Ooh you are back @Christinapple any chance you could confirm that you reported Baker for breaching licence conditions after release from prison?

Would you also be so kind as to confirm that you have reported all the threats of violence and sexual violence made either on social media or signage by trans activists.

Thanks so much.

He definitely knows now about SB wishing it had been acid not soup thrown into KJK’s face, so that’s another one for him to add to the list of TRA transgressions.

@NeverOneBiscuit

The killer is he’s a comedian with a wicked sense of humour, hugely successful who’s brightened the lives of untold numbers of people.

And known internationally.

Here’s the take from USA Today:

Linehan, who is known for the sitcom “Father Ted,” erred in expressing his distaste for transgender activists on social media. In turn, he was treated like a criminal mastermind for hurting some people’s feelings.

And:

Just think about this for a minute. Linehan was detained and questioned by the police for his stance on preserving women’s spaces for women.

eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/05/jk-rowling-graham-linehan-arrested-anti-trans-posts/85942909007/

Purple like Barney? I expect she uses it to hoard her rights in.