Change the law so we can Police streets, not tweets, demands UK’s top cop as Row rages over arrest of Father Ted Creator

A blame game has erupted within the Labour Party over Linehan’s arrest

BRITAIN’S top cop yesterday demanded a return to “commonsense” policing as the backlash grew over the arrest of Father Ted creator Graham Linehan for three “anti-trans” tweets.

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called for an immediate change in the law and insisted successive governments were to blame.

He said cops were stuck “between a rock and a hard place” and expected to enforce left-leaning laws designed to police “toxic culture wars” online.

And he was backed by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who said legislation could be changed if the law was “not getting the balance right” on free speech.

Mr Streeting said: “We want to see people being kept safe by policing streets, not just policing tweets. The police enforce the laws of the land we as legislators provide.

“So if we’re not getting the balance right, then that’s something we have to look at.”