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[kactus]

For those of you who may not have heard about this this has been on the news recentlt and there are rumours that the lawyers are jumping on the band wagon to defend Michael Weiner aka 'Savage' on a no win no fee basis. Now I am not too familiar with this guy but based on what I have read he comes acroos as a typical far right. Perhaps those that are familiar with him can shed more light on this story and his background.

He says he has a case and he will pursue to sue the home secretary, who disallowed him to enter UK because his views is deemed to escalate tension.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...anned-list.html

[BubberMiley]

The UK can disallow anyone they want from entering their country. He's free to whine about it, but ultimately it's their call.

[kactus]

Hi BubberMiley,

I have no doubt that UK like any other country is free to disallow him or anyone else for that matter entering the country.

The question is does he have a case against the home secretary and do you think he should have been allowed to exprees his views?

kactus

[M.Dancer]

The question is does he have a case against the home secretary and do you think he should have been allowed to exprees his views?

kactus

No one is stopping him from expressing his views.

[dub]

this is interesting. certainly a slap in savage's face and his fans, for putting him on the same list as people they would not want to be associated with.

The Home Office list of people banned from the UK

Full list of the 16 barred individuals and the government's reasons for preventing them from coming to the UK

* guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 May 2009 10.27 BST

Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal

Preacher considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and fostering hatred which might lead to intercommunity violence.

Yunis Al Astal

Preacher considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Stephen Donald Black

Set up Stormfront, a racist website. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by promoting serious criminal activity and fostering hatred, which might lead to intercommunity violence in the UK.

Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim

A prolific speaker and writer. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to commit terrorist acts.

Eric Gliebe

Has made web radio broadcasts in which he vilifies certain ethnic groups and encourages the download and distribution of provocative racist leaflets and posters. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by justifying terrorist violence, provoking others to commit serious crime and fostering racial hatred.

Mike Guzovsky

Leader of a violent group and actively involved with military training camps. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Safwat Hijazi

Television preacher considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by glorifying terrorist violence.

Nasr Javed

Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs.

Abdul Ali Musa

Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting and glorifying terrorist violence in furtherance of his particular beliefs and seeking to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Fred Waldron Phelps Snr and Shirley Phelps-Roper

Pastor of the Westboro Baptist church and his daughter. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fostering hatred which might lead to intercommunity violence in the UK.

Samir Al Quntar

Spent three decades in prison for killing four soldiers and a four-year-old girl. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts.

Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky

Leaders of a violent gang that beat migrants and posted films of their attacks on the internet. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting serious criminal activity and seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts.

Amir Siddique

Preacher considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs.

Michael Alan Weiner (also known as Michael Savage)

Controversial daily radio host. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.

[bush_cheney2004]

this is interesting. certainly a slap in savage's face and his fans, for putting him on the same list as people they would not want to be associated with.

...don't forget Maher Arar !

[DogOnPorch]

this is interesting. certainly a slap in savage's face and his fans, for putting him on the same list as people they would not want to be associated with.

Just another loud mouth like Galloway.

[dub]

i don't agree that he should be banned.

[kactus]

No one is stopping him from expressing his views.

Well...

If you've read the article then you will know that it's very much because of his views that he is not allowed to enter the UK. This implies that the home secretary has quite rightly made the decision to stop him expressing his views in her country by not granting him entry . Ofcourse he is free to express those views over you tube to his british audience but it also sends him a strong message that his views can simply not be tolerated in UK.