How can we not get rid of an illegal alien for 18 years, and let him sue us for the trouble, yet we can hand over one of our citizens treated in a much less fair manner at the drop of a hat.
My support has been sent.
Im shocked by the news.
Neil my thoughts are with you and your family.
I hope common sense prevails,and your family can stay together.
Signed and forwarded. Thoughts to you and the family Neil. I am utterly disgusted that something like this can be allowed to happen and I hope that this works out for your Father and everyone affected.
Will say a prayer for you & your family Neil for the hope this mad situation has a happy ending for you .. to all forumers as someone said earlier get people into you local MP ffice & put pressure on them , if ye have local radio stations get them on the case & on the case of the MP aswell , get them to bring it up in PM question time .. ok it may be someone you may not know personaly THIS TIME but next time it could be you /your family or your friends , hassel people to listen & do something .. bring it to the fore in the publics eye , someone on here must have contacts in tv or radio , time to use it , not just for the Tappin family but for every british citizen .. Thanks
Stuck my name down, I really hope this petition makes a difference, the fact that our spineless government can't step in abhors me.
Good luck to your father Neil, I hope he and your family make it through this awful time.
The "special relationship" should not exists at the expense of our own citizens.
The post 9/11 era has been used by Hawks and warmongers in the US to trample over the rights of citizens all over the world, and now we find evidence of their hand on our shores. It's a shameful stain on the values that this country should be built upon.
Done.Looks like Mr Tappin is being extradited on the grounds he tried to buy Eagle Picher batteries.I've just googled them and they are easy to buy, especially in Florida.
Yet another example of out govt's priorities being goosed.
I've just taken 10 minutes to read through all the responses to Mike's thread. I can't thank you all enough for your support, it's quite overwhelming. It is a surreal situation and we are doing all we can in these last few days to get someone within our government to take it seriously.
Thank you again for your support and for signing the petition.
A friend of mine was to be deported and I actually phoned the house of commons and got it stopped.... don't know if you've actually done/tried that... it seems extreme but it DID work for me.
Details passed on a freelance legal journalist mate of mine to see if he can spread the word through the profession through Twitter and Facebook and hopefully hit some names at the big firms to start spreading it.