And if he were to take legal action he should expect to be openly called a terrorist...or something like that...by British officials
This is outrageous! How come no one called the American Embassy? The UK has been sold out to Satan. Sad.
Israeli stamps in his passport. Female agents involved, at least one Muslim, though the creepiest guy was apparently “Philip G. Yeomans”.
Oopsie.
C’mon. This was all above board. The Brits checked with Obama and Kerry and both gave a thumbs up.
I think I will wait for more corroboration on this story before I disseminate it. So, far, it just a second-hand report.
The story sounds credible. Unfortunately doesn’t matter what the country is - they pretty much don’t have to explain why they refuse entry so it might be tough to get answers.
Sorry guys, but this smells like BS to me. I am Jewish and I fly to the UK all the time. I've never been harassed for being Jewish. But I have seen PLENTY of people turned back for trying to work illegally in the UK. Might THAT have been what was happening? The guy ADMITS he was only going to the UK to get work experience. Did he have a visa? Because they are extraordinary sensitive to folks -- Americans included -- who try to work on a tourist visa.
We need a new driver and a better map!
Who in their right mind would want to go to the UK anyway. The only reason to go is to see the Scottish comedian Billy Connelly who lives way up in Scotland and you can get there through Ireland.
“I’m really so sorry for Chip and the way he was treated. I want to reassure all your readers that if they plan a visit to the U.K., once they get past the U.K. Border Agency they will find friendly, welcoming people, without prejudice.”
It actually *used* to be that way in the U.K.
Not anymore.
The U.K. is now a terrible nest of antisemitism, along with several other EU countries. The people have become extremely bigoted and prejudicial, while all the time mouthing inane pleasantries.
In 1846, the British law “De Judaismo”, which prescribed a special dress for Jews, was repealed. This was the last major example of government sponsored antisemitism in England.
However, the smoldering hated for Jews by the British public has long been there. It has quietly been exacerbated by the British attraction for Arabs since around World War I.
After World War II, antisemitism manifested itself in the British abuse of Jews in Palestine, until the Jews rather violently encourage the British to back off. There was still some Jewish-sympathetic Brits that balanced the antisemitic ones.
Modern British antisemitism has slowly gained strength in recent years, both paralleling and transcending the antisemitism of the American left. So this event may be seen in future as a turning point, when British antisemitism came out of the closet as not just anti-Israeli, but anti-Jewish.
Ironic, I suppose, that so many other EU countries are also becoming more antisemitic at the same time.
Two brief vignettes.
#1. Back in 2002, my wife and I go to London for some sightseeing and to drink their beer. Midweek, we decide to go to Brussels via the bullet train. Arrive early morning and catch the train to Brussels and arrive mid morning... 10:30ish. Stay for shopping and dining... and more shopping. Back to Rue de Midi for the bullet train for the return trip to London. Brief stops along the way causing short delays but arrive back in London late in the evening. Gathering our belongings... we are some of the last to leave the train... and I realize that I failed to complete the “Reentry” form for Customs. As we approach the Customs official (never seen him in my life) I request from him a pen to complete the form. He states to me “Thats OK Mr. and Mrs.XXXXXXX, you’re free to enter”.
#2 Went on a fishing trip to Vancouver Island with friends. A friend and I flew to Seattle to meet another friend and drive, in his truck, to Vancouver, BC to catch a flight to the island. As we are in line to enter Canada it is us 3 in the front seat of his standard cab truck. We finally pull up to the Customs window to present our passports and the official immediately points to my friend, sitting in the middle, and says that he needs to report inside the building and will need to answer some questions.
The point: The government knows who you are. Mr. Cantor has a checkered past.
The UK government owes Cantor a free plane ride to Britain and big money for the difficulty they caused him.
Horrible.