Errrr...................
Despite that obvious **** up, it will be interesting to see whether his Israeli passport gets him free passage in and out of the UK, as,prima facie, it entitles him to.?It won't entitle him to work whilst here and would seem to be pretty embarrassing for someone used to just getting his own way.
Would the UK government really just let him sidestep the visa issue and come straight back into the country? If he's sitting in Stamford Bridge with nothing seemingly altered, they're gonna look pretty foolish, no matter what they might try and say.
Alternately, is he going to want to come back? He's just had a new baby with his new woman, There's a fair chance that his fellow Oligarchs are going to get the same treatment and if he rubs the UK's nose in it, he's likely to get even more scrutiny on his financial history and links to Putin.
It's all good fun stuff.The Standard having briefly hidden the story in World News, have now withdrawn it completely......what a surprise.
I understand the Israeli passport allows for 6 months residency a year - but as you say not work. I wonder whether the visa he previously had allowed him to work because you could argue that being the chairman of a football club is employment. So perhaps that has never been enforced anyway? Or perhaps there is a legal definition of work that means paid employment or a certain number of hours don't count? Anyway you can be sure his lawyers will find a loophole - just as you can be sure that the Standard won't report anything negative. I can also be sure that he'll be paying less tax than me - but let's not tax the rich as they might leave the country! Like that's a bad thing. Basically if I had as much money as these tax avoiders I'd be happy to pay tax on it!
Last edited:
...........................