Father Ted writer Graham Linehan breaks his silence | UK News

Television writer Graham Linehan has claimed gender ideology has “swept through the entire police force” as he spoke publicly for the first time since receiving £25,000 in compensation from the Metropolitan Police over his arrest at Heathrow Airport.

The Father Ted co-creator made the remarks during an interview with GB News after the drive compensated him following the incident.

His feedback got here after an inside Metropolitan Police review discovered shortcomings in the handling of the case, while concluding that officers concerned had acted with good intentions.

Speaking to GB News Political Editor Chris Hope, Linehan said he believed police had been proper to resolve the matter reasonably than continue with legal proceedings.

“I think the police were very wise not to drag this out in the courtroom,” he said.

“It would have exposed various forces at the moment in modern policing in the UK that they’re really in need of reform.”

The 57-year-old went on to argue that perception in gender ideology had turn out to be widespread within policing and claimed officers had been too targeted on regulating speech instead of listening to public issues.

“It would have been a nightmare for the police,” he said.

“I think that at the moment the police are in something of a crisis state.”

Linehan was arrested by armed officers at Heathrow Airport in September last 12 months after returning from Arizona.

The investigation adopted a criticism from a transgender campaigner over a sequence of posts on social media.

One of the posts acknowledged: “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act.”

It continued: “Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”

Another post featured a {photograph} from what appeared to be a transgender rights demonstration, accompanied by feedback criticising those Linehan described as “misogynists and homophobes”.

Discussing the investigation, Linehan argued that his feedback had been meant as safeguarding advice.

Referring to the current Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a girl, he said: “When I give advice for women to make a fuss, cause a scene, call for the police… that is the kind of safeguarding advice that any father would give their daughter.”

He added that the fact police investigated the posts demonstrated what he described as a wider disconnect between officers and public opinion.