Two louts abused EasyJet airline staff who refused to let them on to a plane because they were too drunk. Glynn Martin and Jason McKiver, had both been drinking spirits in the lounge at Manchester Airport prior to a flight to Tenerife on October 15 last year before the situation "escalated". Airline staff watched the pair "stumble down the air bridge" as they made their way to board the plane and noted that they could "barely stand up", Bolton Magistrate's Court heard. They were met at the door of the plane by captain David Etchells and cabin crew member Jemma Grieves, Jane Deakin, prosecuting, told the court. After being told that they weren't fit to fly, they insisted that they would just go to sleep in their seat, the Manchester Evening News reports. But when it became apparent that airline staff would not be letting them on, the "situation escalated", Ms Deakin said. Martin got in Ms Grieves' face and shouted: “I know who you are and will remember what you look like.” … [Read more...] about “I’m getting on this f***ing plane, you can’t stop me’, drunken lout told easyJet staff
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Salman Rushdie’s attack is on everyone who believes Islam deserves special treatment
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on Friday just as he was about to give a lecture. The attack comes 33 years after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued the first formal fatwa against Rushdie over the 1988 book The Satanic Verses – a satirical take on religion, culture and identity in the Indian subcontinent that followed up on Rushdie’s magical realist allegory of the region in Midnight’s Children and Shame – putting a bounty of $3m (£2.5m) on the author’s head for blaspheming against Islam ’s prophet Muhammad. Over the past three decades, many translators and publishers affiliated with The Satanic Verses have been killed or injured, including those in Japan , Italy , Norway and Turkey . In all these years, Rushdie has continued to feature prominently on the hit … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie’s attack is on everyone who believes Islam deserves special treatment
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