Five, apparently. That’s five armed police officers, of course. Heaven knows how many unarmed officers it would take to bring down a mighty warrior like Graham Linehan.
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You have to understand that this writer was saying things that opposed the official Party Line and therefore was aiding enemies of the State and [Protected Class] People. While traditionally british cops have gone unarmed, this was deemed to be a greater threat to those in power and therefore required stronger measures. I rather suspect those measures will be extended to the general proletariat soon.
In passing, after his arrest Linehan had to be taken to their equivalent of an ER. His systolic blood pressure was at about 200, which is stroke territory. All this for 3 tweets. In any case, if he should survive brit healthcare [itself not a surety], he needs to get out of britain and never come back and consider changing his nationality. I would also recommend that all Americans avoid britain, as you would any totalitarian country.
Subotai Bahadur
I expect the police were armed because the arrest was at Heathrow and the police are armed there.
But 5 police? Unless that fracas at Manchester Airport has put the wind up our persons in blue. Perhaps they are unsure about our natural respect for their duties. I wonder if that’s it?
They need five armed thugs because they are cowards.