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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Anthony France and Michael Howie

Met chief blames Government for Graham Linehan arrest furore: ‘We shouldn’t be policing toxic culture wars debates’

Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley said his force has been left in an “impossible position” amid a firestorm over Father Ted creator Graham Linehan’s arrest at Heathrow.

In a bombshell statement released on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner said officers should not be “policing toxic culture wars debates” as he pointed the finger of blame at the Government.

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