UK Home Secretary Bans US Martial Arts Expert

Big Hairy Ian writes "An American expert in violent self-defense has been excluded from entering the UK by the Home Office. From the article: 'Tim Larkin tried to board a plane from his home in Las Vegas on Tuesday, but was given a UK Border Agency letter saying "his presence here was not conducive to the public good." Mr Larkin, who was due to host seminars, told the BBC the move was a "gross over-reaction." The Home Office said he was subject to an exclusion order. A spokeswoman said: "The home secretary will seek to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good." Mr Larkin — who trained as a US Navy Seal — runs a company teaching combat to military and law enforcement clients in the United States.'"

Re:Turn about is fair play.

[Anonymous Coward]

How many wrongs does it take to make a right then, huh?

Martial arts expert?

[Chuck Chunder]

Who's he kidding? The UK Border Agency would be irrelevant to Chuck Norris.

Re:Turn about is fair play.

[SuricouRaven]

As most US cities are built on a grid system, three. Less clear in europe, where our cities can be thousands of years old and so havn't been planned for the automotive age so well.

Re:Different kind of anti-social

[Anonymous Coward]

The UK seems to be some kind of heaven for a lower middleclass mindset, restricting everyone to only the most bland activities. They really must hate creativity there, which tends to go with a certain amount of chaos.

"We sent our criminals to Australia, our religious nuts to America and our adventurers to our colonies - only the square people remained in Britain." - an anonymous Englishman I once met during my travels.

Re:Turn about is fair play.

[mooingyak]

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