Labour minister Wes Streeting’s tweets were exposed in the wake of Graham Linehan’s arrest
Wes Streeting’s past tweets were exposed (Image: Getty)
Labour minister Wes Streeting was skewered by GB News presenter Patrick Christys during his self-titled show, where he welcomed panellists Cristo Foufas and Paul Cox. During the Tuesday (August 2) show, they discussed the controversial arrest of Father Ted creator Gary Linehan, who was apprehended by five police officers at Heathrow Airport for his anti-trans tweets. In the wake of the arrest, a free show row has erupted, in which Patrick exposed Streeting’s past tweets. As they addressed the headlines, Foufas deemed the arrest “absolutely insane,” and added: “Is five police officers with guns proportionate? I would suggest maybe not.”
Patrick chimed: “If I was Wes Streeting, I would be terrified to ever go through Heathrow Airport, with some of his previous tweets.” Reading from a list, the presenter said: “‘Someone just made the mistake of texting me saying lift the cap, lift the cap, I’m tempted to burn his flat down.'” The GB News star added: “Then we’ve got ‘I will burn your legs’ as a response, he said to someone else. “He’s responded to someone else saying, ‘I’ll swap it for throwing you under a train, causing delays and then complain about the delays.'”
Graham Linehan was arrested for his anti-trans tweets (Image: Getty)
Patrick continued: “He said, ‘There would be nothing natural about Jan Mar’s death if I shoved the bigoted old bat under a train,’ there’s loads of these, so where the armed police when you need them, Paul?”
To which the comedian turned commentator responded: “Well, they’re only there to arrest people that go against the Overlord’s narrative.
“If you’re angry Patrick, then join me in this because I am really getting to a point now, with regard to this free speech issue, particularly against the backdrop of this especially repugnant Labour cabinet.”
Paul continued: “I can’t feel anything other than emotion of anger now … I think there are very, very, very few cases in which anybody should be spoken to about a tweet.
“If you’re writing it in jest or even if you’re writing it in anger, I think you should be allowed to express yourself as you wish.
“Nobody should be protected from being offended in anyway, nobody has the right not to be offended and the idea of free speech, particularly on a platform like Elon Musk‘s X.
“It’ a marketplace for people to share everything that’s going on in their head, and I’d much rather know what people have to think and say, irrespective of what’s gone on recently. I’d much rather know what people think and say,” the comedian concluded.
In the past, Graham has aired his controversial views about trans issues on social media and returned to his Substack blog to disclose the details of his arrest.
The 57-year-old claimed police officers said that he had been arrested over three tweets he posted in April, including one where he called for transgender women to be “punched in the balls” if they refuse to leave a woman-only space. The police confirmed his arrest yesterday at Heathrow, citing “suspicion of inciting violence… in relation to posts on X”.
