This guy was a writer on Father Ted, one of the most succesful shows in Ireland’s history
It’s amazing how few people are willing to say it.
The scriptwriter Graham Linehan is considering legal action against the Edinburgh venue that cancelled his comedy show after complaints from customers.
On Tuesday morning Leith Arches cancelled an event featuring Linehan and four other comedians booked to take place on Thursday after stating, in a deleted Instagram post, that “outraged members of our community” had protested at his appearance.
It is widely believed the protests centred on Linehan’s gender critical views and his combative stance on trans rights, which are regarded by trans rights activists as hateful and extremely hostile. Twitter banned Linehan but reinstated him after Elon Musk’s takeover of the site.
Linehan told TalkTV that unless the venue allowed the show to go ahead, he would take legal advice. “I would suggest that Leith Arches reverses course because they’ve said enough online for an easy win in the courts.
“If they apologise and put the gig back on, I’ll say no more about it, but otherwise I’m going to be looking at legal action.”
However, it later emerged that Comedy Unleashed, the production company behind the cancelled event, which Linehan said was sold out, had found another venue in Edinburgh willing to host it.
Andy Shaw, the company’s co-founder, said ticket holders would be contacted on Thursday afternoon to be told where and when it would take place, “like an old-fashioned rave gig [where people are told] to meet up in a car park”.
Shaw said if Leith Arches apologised publicly to his company and Linehan, then as far as he was concerned, legal action would not be an issue. “The most important thing is we want the show to go on,” he said.
Leith Arches has yet to respond to a request for a comment.
Father Ted was funny. Probably not really very good for society.
The thing is, everyone is against trannies, save for a few psycho women (and of course the homosexuals doing it in the first place). It’s just a matter if you have the personal fortitude to say you’re against it.
This fortitude seems to have a lot to do with how secure you are in your money. Not that it’s not still brave either way. But people whose careers are basically over, and who have financial security, seem to be a lot more likely to speak out against the mutilation of children by homosexuals.