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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bryony Gooch

Streeting says officers should ‘police streets not tweets’ after Graham Linehan arrest

A senior cabinet minister has criticised the police after comedian Graham Linehan was arrested over tweets about transgender people.

Health secretary Wes Streeting said that the government wants to see people being kept safe by “policing streets, not just policing tweets” and suggested legislation could be looked at if the law was “not getting the balance right” on free speech.

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