Bravo, Lord Toby!

I'm old enough to have been a fan of the podcast "London Calling," one which enjoyed a certain cachet (using the word correctly, as so many these days do not) for a few years on the on the right, as an admirably balanced discussion between two conservatives with considerable space between them, but who still managed to communicate civilly and remain friends.

Alas, eventually, even that gave up, and the podcast ended. I hope the friendship is still alive.

Most recently in the news, Toby Young (who joked often in the podcast of his being ignored on one or another of the King's or the Prime Minister's or the Parliamentary Leader's "Honours Lists" from year to year, but who finally made his mark courtesy of Kemi Badenoch, becoming "Baron Young of Acton," and who now sits in the House of Lords as "The Lord Young of Acton") and his Free Speech Union took on in support of the "dangerous" comic Graham Linehan and his now-infamous arrest by a number of armed law enforcement offices at London's Heathrow Airport.

Today, all charges against Linehan were dropped, when he was informed that "following an investigation he would face no further action."

This decision follows a court order from about a week ago, which dropped all of Linehan's bail conditions on the grounds that they were vague and unenforceable.

Lord Young of Acton, general secretary of the Free Speech Union, said: “I’m glad the police have dropped the case, but it should have been obvious there was no case to answer in the first place. Graham should never have been interviewed about his tweets, let alone arrested by five armed police officers and held in a cell for over 12 hours

Well done. About time. I hope the Metropolitan Police have learned something. But I am not holding my breath.