THE POUND IS SINKING:
The Linehan crash.
My theory is that American posters have made UK free speech such a huge issue in the U.S. – where all the capital lives – that the UK’s pro-censorship posture is capable of materially degrading the country’s economic position. https://t.co/gIXv9HEcvV
— Preston Byrne (@prestonjbyrne) September 2, 2025
Related: Farage will raise Graham Linehan’s arrest with Trump allies.
Nigel Farage will raise the arrest of Graham Linehan when he meets allies of Donald Trump to discuss free speech in Washington this week.
Linehan, the comedy writer, was arrested by five armed officers at Heathrow airport over gender-critical posts on social media.
The co-writer of Father Ted and the IT Crowd said he was detained “like a terrorist” and locked in a cell for making jokes online.
His case has triggered a backlash, with critics including JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, branding his detention “utterly deplorable”.
Actually, she said a bit more than that:
Police state https://t.co/jK1HSKLpGd
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 2, 2025
Will any American lefties reflect on this development?
Hey remember how democrats used to jerk off to that Newsroom Jeff Daniels monologue about how America really isn’t freer than all these other countries? https://t.co/FpU0UaGgka
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 2, 2025
Classical reference in headline: