John Stewart, UK’s “most effective environmentalist” barred from entering US

This is just plain bonkers.

So this guy John Stewart is a campaigner against airport expansion. He's been active in the campaign against the third runway at Heathrow and, presumably, a number of other campaigns.

When he's in mid-air on his way to the States, the US Government decide to deny him right of entry, with the result that he's deported as soon as he lands. He is treated like a dangerous ideological extremist, for being against airport expansion. Dontcha just love America?

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