Thread: Toxic & his Slapper get UK Visas cancelled

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

The cartoon bad-luck noise, "Wah-wah-wah-wah-Waaaaaaaaaaah!" fits nicely too.

UK cancels visas of Thaksin, wife


By The Nation, published on November 8, 2008


The British Embassy has revoked entry visas of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman.






The cancellation, which was decided while the couple were outside England, has been notified to airlines yesterday.

The decision was made by the United Kingdom Border Agency, and the notification email was signed by Bangkok-based Immigration Liaison Manager Andy Gray.

The email read:
"Dear All,

The United Kingdom Border Agency has revoked the UK visas held by the following Thai nations:

Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai Passport Number D215863

Potjaman Shinawatra. Thai Passport Number D206635

The UK visas contained in the passports of the individuals listed above are no longer valid for travel.

Airlines are advised not to carry these passengers to the UK"
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The embassy would not comment on the report. Contacted embassy officials said they "cannot comment on policy matters."

It was a big political blow for Thaksin, who was believed to be on his way from China to the Philippines yesterday. It was understood that the cancellation had to do with the recent court rulings that found Pojaman guilty of tax evasion and Thaksin guilty of breaking the conflict of interest law in the Ratchadapisek land purchase scandal.

Their children's British visas are still valid.

A senior People Power Party politician who has been in China this week answered The Nation's phone contact but replied to the inquiry about Thaksin's visa situation with only "I don't know. I don't know."
Thaksin has always described England as a "democratically mature" country as compared to Thailand. But he always denied having applied for asylum although he said England would be the country where he wanted to live in exile.

Last Saturday, in a controversial long-distance phone-in from Hong Kong, Thaksin accused his political opponents of breaking his family apart. In the same address, he also begged for royal pardon or a popular show of force to bring him back to Thailand.
"Nobody can bring me back to Thailand, except royal kindness of HM the King or the power of the people," Thaksin said. He also claimed that many countries have offered him "honorary citizenship", "which made me a bit sad because I could do many things for anybody else in the world, but nothing now for my country."
The statement triggered a major controversy in Thailand, with Thaksin being accused of trying to drag HM the King into politics. The UK visa move, however, gave Thaksin's statement a whole new perspective, making him sound more like someone desperate to find refuge rather than trying to provoke a political reaction.
It is not immediately known, however, whether Thaksin was aware of the impending visa cancellation before he left England the last time.
A source familiar with the UK legal and diplomatic thinking said the cancellation could have been based on "the different statuses" of Thaksin between the time he was issued the visa and now.
The Supreme Court only found Thaksin guilty in the Ratchadapisek land case late last month, weeks after he fled Thailand during the Beijing Olympics. He fled with his wife, who only days earlier had been found guilty of tax evasion.
England has been under the world community's watchful eyes when Thaksin is concerned. Diplomatic observers have said a decision whether or not to give Thaksin asylum would generate strong ramifications on England's relations with Thailand, as well as London's reputations when democracy, foreign relations and legal principles are concerned.

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Guess he'll just have to go to his 14th house in the Bahamas now.

Originally Posted by Umbuku

Guess he'll just have to go to his 14th house in the Bahamas now.

Hello G.,

Hope things are going well for you.

I actually bought the BBC 4 DVD set of The Blue Planet on Thursday. The BBC Shop has a special offer on now; priced at £17 instead of £30. The internet just doesn't have any torrents of the ISO disk images. I also found some Region & CSS fiddle-with-it software and gave my lady all 5 DVD's of Planet Earth. She and the kids absolutely love them.

The Blue Planet disks will probably suffer the same fate, but this is our job as men - looking after our ladies.

Keep taking the tabloids,

Simon

Exactly how could Mrs Shinawatra be described as a slapper?

I would not take the matter at face value,the document print out is shall I say ''A trifle suspect.'' Not using the correct civil service language in its address and it is very unlikely that the employee named at the top of the missive is actually the person who would be involved in the visa process.

Far to informal for a government communication,possibly a spoof by interested parties to either spook Thaksin or to boost his local following depending on the point of view of the person (s) who have released this ''document.''

Little back up within breaking news from the fourth estate in the U.K.just a little coverage from the S.E. Asian press and very limited in the content providers too.

Personally I detect the aroma of a piscine type !!

However I personally would be somewhat overjoyed if it were true.

Yes, one would have thought the document would have been signed by a foreign office chappy in the U.K.
It all seems a bit Khao san roadish to me.

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if it's true, it's the best news this year, about time the UK did something positive

It's a cunts trick though, waiting till he has left the u.k. What about all his possessions that he has left behind, what about his family, what about.....good enough for the prick, now he knows what it's like to be shit on in a foreign country.

Originally Posted by happychappy

good enough for the prick, know he knows what it's like to be shit on in a foreign country.

the icing would have been to let him return, then put him an her in an immigration camp to await deportation for being an illegal immigrant. would have made my year.

[quote=kikiat;1090373]
hope he'll apply for the states and get refused as well, and after that every other western/developed nation, and leaving only a few crappy 3 world countries for him to run to.[quote]

As mentioned above, he is being wooed by few already.

hmm seems like Andy might be facing visa problems himself soon (or he might just face possible health problems shortly)

Took the words right out of my mouth. Or from my fingertips, anyway. He'll be on 90-dayers soon, I reckon, and only 3 of them at that.

I do think the remarks about informal ring true, and I'd have thought the name 'Andy Gray' seems way too informal regarding something so serious.

Hope it's true though - now he knows what it's like to be treated as a wog.

Originally Posted by kikiat

Andy Gray, an official at the UK Border Agency who is in charge of immigration at the British embassy in Thailand.

Andy Gray, now wonder Peter Reids visa was fucked up, Who else is here from Evertons 80's side.

Originally Posted by Jasper

Because it's much easier and less hassle, asylum wise, to revoke his visa while out of the country than fight a long legal battle in the UK.

so very true, I would have liked to see him and her in an immigration camp, however this way saves the UK taxpayer a lot of money. Now we need to take away his property in the UK and give the money to the poor, why the UK government let his brats stay is beyond me, they should be kicked out with their twat of a father.

well at least I got half of what I wished for.