The greatest mistake they could have made

Interview with Graham Linehan in the Times:

In surprisingly positive spirits, Linehan said: “I’ve never felt better because I’ve exposed the way British police are working in tandem with trans activists. The police, after being called institutionally racist, have done this ridiculous over-compensation, which means that now they’re literally working for a sort of Al Capone gang in fishnets.

“When are they going to start defending the women bringing complaints instead of these clearly bad faith actors? They just don’t.

“So I’m really glad that I exposed the police for what they are. Them arresting me at the airport was the greatest mistake they could have made.”

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “We completely refute any suggestion the Met is preferential in its treatment of complaints. We police without fear or favour.”

Ah dear, they can't even put together a response that makes sense. No you idiots, "refute" doesn't work here – let alone "completely refute". Reject, perhaps…disagree with…stick our hands over our ears and say we can't hear you….

I think "ridiculous over-compensation" is right. They were in such a hurry, the police, to forget the old racist homophobic image that they've gone right over the other way, dancing in Pride parades, swallowing all the Stonewall stuff, and enthusiastically embracing trans ideology. What remains a constant is the misogyny.