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A man claiming to be a "limerick criminal" has been spoken to again by police over an offensive transphobic tweet.

Harry Miller, who is known on social media as Harry The Owl, says he did not break the law but after he posted lyrics to a rhyme in January, he was spoken to by officers.

Today the 53-year-old took to Twitter after claiming he was then told by a Humberside Police Inspector "not to engage in political debate on Twitter because some people don't like the content".

Mr Miller, who likened his previous experience to George Orwell's dystopia in the novel 1984, shared the alleged conversation he had with the officer in its entirety on Tuesday afternoon.

He said he was "shunned, shocked, upset, aghast and fuming" after his most recent conversation with the officer. Mr Miller claims that he was advised not to share his political motivated thoughts on social media.

Commenting to one of his fans who asked if he had broken the law, Harry replied: "Nope. No law broken. But strongly advised - by a Police Inspector, no less - not to engage in political debate on Twitter because some people don’t like the content. Two words: F*** YOU."

However, police say there was "never any suggestion" he should avoid debates on social media surrounding the subject.

Mr Miller said he was told to "check his thinking" on January 26 after being investigated a report of "hate speech" after an unnamed complainant contacted the force.

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The former policeman explained he faced 34 minutes of phone questions from a police constable after liking the post. The officer, Mr Miller claims, told him he was investigating a report of "hate speech" after an unnamed complainant contacted the force.

He originally spoke out about the probe on his own Twitter page and said: "Cop said he was in possession of 30 tweets by me. I asked if any contained criminal material. He said...No."

A Humberside Police spokeswoman said: "A phone call was made to the complainant by Inspector Wilson to update him on his complaint to the Force, which is standard procedure.





"There was never any suggestion he shouldn’t engage in politics or debate around the subject in question, he was just asked why he would want to, knowing it would cause distress and upset to others in society.



"The complainant was also advised if he felt his Human Rights had been breached, he may want to seek legal advice."

The limerick that was reported to the police

The limerick which was liked by Mr Miller and which was subsequently reported to Humberside Police, said:

"You're a man.

"You're breasts are made of silicone

"Your vagina goes nowhere

"And we can tell the difference

"Even when you are not there

"Your hormones are synthetic

"And lets just cross this bridge

"What you have you stupid man

"Is male privilege."

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