UK Immigration And Visa Staff To Go On Strike One Day Before The Olympics

[DeSwiss]

Business Insider | Adam Taylor | Jul. 19, 2012, 10:10 AM


Heathrow Airport (AP)

UK Border Agency Staff have voted to strike a day before the Olympic opening ceremony. ITV News' Lucy Manning tweets that border staff will be striking 26th July and will not work overtime between 27 July to 20 August.

The Border Agency provides key services visa and immigration services at airports, and their strike could cause chaos at airports during the Olympic Games. Given that state resources are already overstretched due to the disastrous G4S private security situation, this could be a big problem.

Reuters also reports that hundreds of train drivers in Central England are threatening a three-day strike during the Olympics.

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- If they gave medals to unions for the timing of strikes, this one would be GOLD!

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1. ONE question: Did they keep TRICKY MITT from getting into the country? PTL.

[DeSwiss]

2. I'm not sure. But I'm more interested......

... in finding out how to get him out of our country.

- He can go live with his money in the Caymans.......

[freshwest]

3. I think it's said he only has $8 million in his accounts there. Not enough for him and the Missus to

Continue to live in the lifestyle they've become accustomed to over the years.

He was scheduled to make whoopie with some of the London banking houses, but I didn't know if he got over there or not.

Oh, heck, what am I thinking?

People in their class don't go through customs. Probably landed on an airfield where Trump bought himself a piece of Scotland.