Irony

[bibblebub]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20935502

EDL leader jailed for being an illegal immigrant (when he went to the USA).

[jno]

his legitimate passport bears the name of Paul Harris? The guy is a whole flood of illegal migrants.

[Bazile]

//He used a self check-in kiosk to board the flight at Heathrow and was allowed through when the document was checked in the bag-drop area.

But when Lennon arrived at New York's JFK Airport, customs officials took his fingerprints and realised he was not travelling on his own passport.//

Why did they pull him out of the line - did they have a tip off ?

[bazwillrun]

He wasnt jailed for being an illegal immigrant

"possession of a false identity document with improper intention"

he used someone elses passport to gain entry to the USA and his own when he cam back to the UK

[Bazile]

So how did they know that the person in front of them was showing a different passport to the one he used on the outward journey ?

[jno]

they take everyone's fingerprints on arrival in the US. Maybe they didn't match ones provided by the owner on a previous visit

[Bazile]

Right Ho - I see

[Mick-Talbot]

Exceptionally Dumb League

an idiot abroad

[anotheoldgit]

Not unusual for this sort of thing to happen at US airports, it's a pity we are not as thorough.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/olympic-hero-farah-held-us-terror-officials-090017314.html

[Gromit]

Maybe they just get a bad press, but the EDL do seem to attract a lot of people with criminal convictions. Every few months there are reports of their members being fined or imprisoned. All the more odd because they say they are fighting for British values, then they do something criminal.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

And none of the members of the three major British political parties, have ever been found to commit crimes, which necessitated fines, sackings or imprisonment?