So an Irish chap (Graham Lineham) who is a resident of Arizona posted some stuff to Twitter. And so the British authorities arrested him at Heathrow airport essentially for exercising his First Amendment rights in America.
So how is it possible that the Administration has not summoned His Magesty's Ambassador and given them 24 hours to free him and drop all charges? Or. Else.
I really don't understand the political optics here. Sure, sure - "all politics is local" and all that. I understand why His Magesty's Government would be happy to stick a thumb in Trump's eye, but what's up with Trump?
I mean there's no domestic downside to bringing the hammer down - nobody here cares about Europe, everyone here loves free speech, everyone here hates the woke censors, and Trump has been going after the DEI (woke censor) brigade here on these shores.
How on earth is it possible that they are letting this golden opportunity slide? I mean, it's not like the UK has made themselves our greatest ally over the last decade. And it's not like Kier Starmer wouldn't fold like a house of cards over this.
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So, if a Brit visits Vermont and straps a holstered revolver on his hip and goes walk-about in the Vermont woods all is good and locally legal. Upon his return to Britain, is he subject to arrest for violating the strict English gun laws?
AFAICT one of his tweets was along the lines of "If you see $TYPE_OF_PERSON, punch them in the balls", so presumably he was "encouraging the commission of an offence" as per https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/part/2
The current approval levels of the British Government are, well, they make Joe Biden's look good. So consider this episode either evidence that they figure they have nothing to lose, or that they are so clueless that the Losing will Continue.
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