Yep, and the UK government and courts have tried to scrub most of the reports of his arrest from the UK media (many articles you click on now have dead links with 404 errors). Without sites like Twitter and FB spreading the news, they would have been able to simply make Tommy just disappear....like happened in the USSR. Very scary!
With Brexit, the Brits are more reliant on good relations with the US. Maybe folks should let the Trump admin and House members know how they feel.