Glitter refuses to board plane to UK as he is having a heart attack.

[HampshireSeagulls]

Maybe I'm missing something, but he is being deported; I thought that meant being forced to go to wherever he's being deported to. Yet he seems to be able to pick and choose where he goes? How is that allowed?

Deported just means "moved on" as far as they are concerned. We would take him, but he doesn't want to come here. The Home Sec, bless her, gave the impression that we could just bring him back, but it appears that she may not have been talking with the full facts. Again. If he has a valid passport, and is not subject to travel restrictions, then the country that has him just gets him out, and he finds a country that will take him.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Am I the only NSCer who'll admit to having watched the man perform? At the Brighton Centre in about 1987. Much as I really hate to say it, he was brilliant.

I was there, only went to see the support band with a female lead singer - Sonic Boom Boy and all that, can't remember their name and ended up staying to see Glitter and it was, as you say, brilliant, still rates as one of the most entertaining gigs I've ever been to.

I wonder how many of those who are up in arms still shop at Zavvi in Churchill Square, where they are still happy to make money from his CDs, and did so when they were Virgin Megastore as well. HMV also sold his stuff until very recently, and may still do so.

 

[sten_super]

He was deported from Vietnam but is a free man. The flight changed in Thailand but he is not under arrest there and the only thing stopping him is other countries being reluctant to admit him. 19 countries have so far said they do not want him.

Ah okay so being deported just means that he is forced to leave the country he is in; it doesn't specific which country he has to go to. Thanks

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

He was deported from Vietnam with the intention of him being returned to the UK. The flight from Vietnam stopped off in Thailand which is where he got off. Must be annoyed with himself for missing the Olympic gymnastics on TV.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Ah okay so being deported just means that he is forced to leave the country he is in; it doesn't specific which country he has to go to. Thanks

Unless you're a terrorist , in which case they make sure you end up in the country being nominated.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Thailand threaten to deport Glitter to...Vietnam

He was released on Tuesday and deported, but after disembarking in Bangkok he refused to continue the journey to London. Complaining of dizziness, he rented a hotel room for the night.

A doctor examined him in the transit lounge and said Glitter was suffering from a minor inflammation in his chest. An official at the airport clinic said the doctor prescribed painkillers and declared Glitter fit to travel.

Thai Immigration Minister Chatchawal Suksomjit said: "We will have to repatriate him to Vietnam, because he is on our watch list as persona non grata. Immigration cannot let him in."

Glitter's sentence called for him to be deported on his release, and if he is returned to Vietnam, he will almost certainly be put back on a flight to London.

But Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, is determined to stay out of the UK. "I'm not going back to London," he said when he arrived in Thailand. "You can't make me. I've done my time. I'm a free man."

Thai officials declined to force Glitter back on the plane, and the British police officer escorting him admitted he had no jurisdiction to make him board the aircraft. Glitter was travelling on a passport issued by the British consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. He has the same rights as any British citizen to travel to any country that does not require a visa. But he has been denied entry to Singapore and Hong Kong, and his future is uncertain.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Having now been denied entry into Hong Kong, Gareth surely faces no option but to return to this grey, overcrowded, rain-soaked shit hole - surely a Vietnamese prison would be preferable to that? No wonder he looks pissed off under that hat.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Put him on an Oceanic flight and he might get Lost.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

How entertaining, this surely has the perfect plotline for a computer game.

You play the role of a paparazzo, chasing the world's famous nonce around the world, scoring points for guessing where he's headed next, and bonuses for getting to the arrival gate before he lands. Lose points each time he's turned away at the border, but win the game by correctly selecting the country which actually allows him in.

I think I'll call it Non-Resident Evil.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Maggie Thatcher must be happy , she is no longer the most hated person in the world.

 

[clapham_gull]

Deported just means "moved on" as far as they are concerned. We would take him, but he doesn't want to come here. The Home Sec, bless her, gave the impression that we could just bring him back, but it appears that she may not have been talking with the full facts. Again. If he has a valid passport, and is not subject to travel restrictions, then the country that has him just gets him out, and he finds a country that will take him.

What's actually happened (according to the front of the Standard tonight) is the British Embassy issued him with a NEW passport whilst he was in prison.

It was thought he would have been issued with a right of passage letter when his passport ran out, which would say he can travel back to UK.

But apparently they went the hole hog and issued him with a new passport, so yes as long as the receiving country allow him in he can go where he likes.

Looks like an admin error....

 

[Buzzer]

How entertaining, this surely has the perfect plotline for a computer game.

You play the role of a paparazzo, chasing the world's famous nonce around the world, scoring points for guessing where he's headed next, and bonuses for getting to the arrival gate before he lands. Lose points each time he's turned away at the border, but win the game by correctly selecting the country which actually allows him in.

I think I'll call it Non-Resident Evil.

Oh bravo! Well played that police officer. Pun of the day.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

He's back in Thailand again, sulking at Bangkok airport and expecting the British Embassy to sort him out.

Where next? The Philippines, I fancy.

Or he could just live out the rest of his live in limbo on a bench at BKK, like that Tom Hanks movie. He could be a sort of tourist attraction for British holidaymakers to stare and point at as they clear immigration.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

..I think the Thai's missed a golden oppertunity there. They should of taken him to hospital........bumped him off and blamed the heart attack.

I for one am happy for him to be bumped from airport arrivals to airport arrivals for the rest of his life.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

..I think the Thai's missed a golden oppertunity there. They should of taken him to hospital........bumped him off and blamed the heart attack.

I for one am happy for him to be bumped from airport arrivals to airport arrivals for the rest of his life.

....so long as he's paying for the flights, accommodation and food of course.

 

[captainmorganrum]

Where next? The Philippines, I fancy.

I'm betting on Sri Lanka, I read that a lot of people that like what he likes go there for holidays.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

What, you mean beaches of golden sand, palm trees, luxury hotels and a selection of excellent duty free shops?

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

He's on his way back to Blighty.

Gary Glitter boards London flight

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Oh splendid.

That'll be fun for all the holidaymakers also arriving back at Heathrow in the morning, caught in a media scrum.

 

[Screaming J]

How entertaining, this surely has the perfect plotline for a computer game.

You play the role of a paparazzo, chasing the world's famous nonce around the world, scoring points for guessing where he's headed next, and bonuses for getting to the arrival gate before he lands. Lose points each time he's turned away at the border, but win the game by correctly selecting the country which actually allows him in.

I think I'll call it Non-Resident Evil.

Sounds more like Where in the World is Gary Glittiago