Martha Stewart denied Entry into UK

[steeljack]

not sure how 'famous' this woman is in the UK , but over here in the US she is an household name , a TV personality like Oprah , but this one does cooking and stuff .......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...to-the-UK.html

wonder if a tit for tat game will ensue ......you wont let Martha in so we wont let one of your celebs in .........could be fun .......so who else would you ban from the UK ?

I think we (the US) should keep the smarmy assed Simon Cowell in the UK and the chef who can't say two words without swearing

[lancsdave]

Maybe she should have threatened to blow somebody up, we would have let her in. We let George Bush in last week.

[emzy]

I dont even know who she is............

[WillowTheWhisp]

Don't you have rules over in the US preventing anyone with a criminal conviction from entering the country?

[polly]

Dont know who she is, dont care who she is.

Personally I think we should ban anyone who has been to America (other than on missionary work) from ever returning.

We should also ban (so called) American culture and get rid of our drugs and guns problem

[lettie]

Seems a bit of a farce considering the scum they let into this country, maybe immigration are finally serious about tightening up a bit. The USA are very strict at their borders Willow, it took us 4 hours to get through immigration earlier this year (and we were only getting a connecting flight out of the country).

[MargaretR]

I have heard of her - the original 'Stepford Wife' - defrauded the Inland Revenue
I don't think we will miss her visit - unless of course flower arranging and cookies are your thing

[blazey]

I know who Martha Stewart is We have enough crap on our televisions without letting them into the country too

[BERNADETTE]

Well doesn't appear that she is a threat to our safety and she is refused entry. Just shows this country up for what it is Barmy!!

[blazey]

I imagine you need particular paperwork to come into england from a non-EU country, am I wrong? Perhaps she just didn't have the correct documentation or whatever.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Plenty of people with no paperwork at all come here and then we can't deport them because it infringes on their human rights.

[blazey]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Plenty of people with no paperwork at all come here and then we can't deport them because it infringes on their human rights.

Mainly from EU countries though. I actually looked into this for something I did for public law and you'll be surprised how many people get refused stay even when they would be good for the country and their entire families are here. I don't know how the immigration system works entirely, but there is a lot more to it than that.

[accyman]

it works both ways , america refused entry and detained a woman and her baby because she had a bottle of breast milk if i recall correctly

besides if it wasnt for british people going to america the indians would still own the place

[cashman]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Plenty of people with no paperwork at all come here and then we can't deport them because it infringes on their human rights.

yeh willow but those come in to the country in the back of wagons etc, this woman who i dont know is probably coming in first class.

[jaysay]

Well the silly woman why didn't she claim asylum, she'd have walked and been found a concil house by now, and few hundred quid a week spending money