H&D correspondent barred from entering London on family holiday

H&D correspondent Isabel Peralta was blocked from boarding a flight from Madrid to London early this morning, in the latest extraordinary abuse of official powers by the British government.

No reason was given, and airline staff were at a loss to explain why Isabel was refused permission to board the flight.

They merely stated that it was on the orders of the British government, and that if they disobeyed this order the airline itself would be held liable.

On this occasion Isabel’s journey to London was entirely personal, and she would not have been attending any political events whether private or public.

But it seems that those with the ‘wrong’ political views can be excluded even from family holidays, if it suits the spiteful whim of a government minister or the demands of certain ethnic lobbies.

Explanations have been sought from the Home Office, who on several grounds seem to be in breach of their own guidelines, as well as from the British Embassy in Madrid, and the Consular Section of the Spanish Embassy in London.

Further reports will follow later today, once the political and diplomatic authorities involved have replied.