No thread on the lad getting life in the UAE

All of Sheikh Mo's horses to be confiscated in retaliation.

I'm now not studying Meydan tomorrow.

Jeremy Hunt said there will be repercussions. Loud tutting? Stern looks? Vigorous head shaking?

baffling case and not sure either way of his innocence. I do remember his wife replying a couple of months ago when asked if he was innocent "Yes, i'm sure he is. Unless the Foreign Office know something"? Which i thought strange at the time

Have MI6 withdrawn all their remaining agents from the Middle East , I wonder ?

there's also the fact the FO told his family to tread quietly and they would deal with it? That's why it's only been 'newsworthy' for a couple of months

Interesting points Bap.

it is dreadful that someone would be that sneaky and spy on our 'allies'

Rumours are he was a gallop watcher binoculars and thick black book found in his hotel.

Hunt is now threatening repercussions. Maybe the ITV crawlers will be instucted not to call Mo,Your Highness.

Very little comment on Saudi Arabia or the UAE from the usual suspects on here. Trump's and the Tories arslickan of these rogue states simply doesn't compute.

His Bird looks fit

............ and back on the market

our 'allies'  die linke  how very dare you

- it's the irony though - virtually untouchable - however - when we get the right batteries it will certainly decrease the significance of the oil nations

Why would anyone go there? Bound to get arrested for something. They have horse racing where you can't bet!

This fella is either a spy or he's clean. Given that spies are somewhat rare I'd say the latter.

The fact that he's been convicted of spying means that he is/was ..... a spy

5 min hearing,no legal representation and apparently no evidence openly presented. I wouldn't let any UAE citizen in this country till the chap has been released.

............ and back on the market 

Man after my own heart Reynard never slow to jump on an opportunity

In the old days Great Britain would of sent a gunboat up the Persian Gulf and given Johnny Foreigner a right good thrashing. Now, to get even, the Great British Government will phart in an eastwards direction and shout "Yah boo sucks"!

Nov 21, 2018 -- 8:09PM, Slicer wrote:

In the old days Great Britain would of sent a gunboat up the Persian Gulf and given Johnny Foreigner a right good thrashing. Now, to get even, the Great British Government will phart in an eastwards direction and shout "Yah boo sucks"!

Whilst more lives are ruined and a cluster of middle aged men off Betfair chit-chat try to pork the victim's girlfriend.

I won't take that personally because I am getting fed up with people on here starting petty squabbles over nothing!

Nov 21, 2018 -- 9:30PM, Slicer wrote:

I won't take that personally because I am getting fed up with people on here starting petty squabbles over nothing!

It was a joke based on the thread comments personal squabbles with anonymous people on anonymous forums aren't my thing they take up too much time if you can't tell the difference between serious and non serious posts that aint my problem.

Slicer the subjects of the post are the lads posting about the girlfriend which was lighthearted in intent by them also hth.

FWIW I'd give her one too only if I could get her eyebrows done and go first.

Fair enough. I misinterpreted your post. Apologies.

No problem only the 2nd person to do that today might have to re think the sarchasm but that leaves me short on chit chat ammo.

Read a report on the BBC site that says he plead guilty. Is that right?

may i just say one thing on that particular subject; every spy film has a beautiful woman involved with the leading man; and his wife is absolutely gorgeous. I say this knowing that certain people on here would prefer Rosa Klebb

akabula I believe he pleaded guilty in error as he couldn't interpret the arabic apparently.
Bap it's known that spies are recruited from Universities can remember Hugh Dennis saying he was approached as a student so might be part of the gig good with the women I mean.

Rosa Klebb must have gone to Siberia Tech

Cheers Denzil.

What was he Meant to be Spying on ?

RLK, you beat me to it

He beat all of us, get in the queue Platini

So did her hubby Dan.

More likely he was spying for Coolmore than the MoD.

Reports that his studies were concerned with security in the Emirates!!! Apparently someone he interviewed for his research dobbed him in because of the questions he was asking. Talk about being dumb!!!

Obviously this is why the BHA didn't ask too many questions about security at Godolphin's stables in Newmarket a few years ago.

Looks like the horse has bolted on this one!!

The lad got caught same as the girl in Iran and like all governments, we've never heard of them..murky world

You go to these places, you take your risks.  We all know who live there. I remember a man getting done for drugs in Dubai Airport after 3 poppy seeds from a roll he'd been eating were found on his jumper.

If you go to these backwards places then be prepared to get done for nothing. And if you are a woman and r:ped you might even get done for adulterry.

Other recent ones that spring to mind are they guy who was accused of touching another mans bottom in a bar, and the woman done for "alcohol" as she'd had a drink PROVIDED TO HER ON THE PLANE FLYING HER THERE.

I've no inclination at all to go to places that have "laws" a stones throw from the middle ages.

you are all ray cysts so there

You have to remember the vast majority of the people in these countries are technically insane ,
it is what it is

I suppose his wife will start to blame Britain next and not her scummy home country or the people there

lfc1971 • November 22, 2018 12:13 PM GMT
You have to remember the vast majority of the people in these countries are technically insane ,
it is what it is

Not just me then .......................

Always find it strange when the wife has a different surname to the hubbies. What's her background, born, work etc? The more I think about it I reckon she's a spy too..scarpered the country within 24 hours of hubby being sentenced, that's if they are married.

Been listening to this story today. The BBC coupled it with the woman in an Iranian jail.

My problem is that there's no discussion about the cvases involved, just the presumption of innocence.

The UAE chap has probably been stitched up but who knows? There's no examination of the facts! As for the British/Iranian lady, we know she worked for the BBC at some point and that the BBEB are banned in Iran.

I find the standard of journalism on these 2 cases appalling.

Beeb spreading propaganda? Never

If anything this guy is more "guilty" in that he was apparently going around asking people about defence related things that might well raise eyebrows, for "research" reasons.

We need to see UAE's definition of spying. Something the media don't seem interested in telling us.

In some countries, if you were suspected of spying you wouldn't get as far as a trial

i wouldn't even go somewhere like dubai on holiday let alone engage in anything that could be misinterpreted as spying

Lay down with dogs, expect fleas.

pardoned

Why don't we just imprison one of their diplomats...I mean spies?

For what exactly ?

Misuse of a tea towel?

"i wouldn't even go somewhere like dubai on holiday let alone engage in anything that could be misinterpreted as spying"

On reflection, and it's easy to look back with hindsight, but I would have said travelling to the UAE to study their internal security policy was probably NOT a good idea !

DONT THINK you,ll ever see him giving interviews new life far away in the sun courtesy of the security services

I'm sure it was a great comfort to this fella that so many chit chatters where willing to take care ? Of his missus. No doubt he'll be on here personally to thank us

his mrs doesn't think he,s a spy, not much of an endorsement is it

In my book he's a very lucky man and clearly a 'spy' of some sort or other.He's an intelligence analyst and an advisor to Gulf States Analytics !

UAE sending a message- yes, you're our "friends" but don't take the pi$$

Home.  He has a busy schedule lined up.  For December he intends to criticise Putin before engaging on a month-long tour of Muscovite tea shops and then in January he's delivering etiquette lessons to some obscure tribe that has been rather rude to visitors.  February will be his toughest month as he tries to teach a group of feminists how to cook and clean.

the student with no connections to the security services whilst locked up in a police state was sending coded messages in his interviews to prove he was  speaking under duress, just ;like billy smith from Grimsby would have done FFS

Atm he's currently having sloppy seconds after all the kind lads on chit chat took care of her

lybertyne

All of that AFTER he's debriefed 'M'

When arrested he was a "student"... 7 days later, when released he's an "academic"!!

What exactly happened to him during his stay in the slammer??

Fresh fish, fresh fish, fresh fish.

these types normally cant wait to get in front of the camera,s,sky taking the huff because they cant get an interview,cue spades out for a bit of digging by sky ,me thinks

They won’t find anything, he’s not a spy

Yet he does have a conviction for spying

How do you know ?

reynard you are very sneaky - a conviction forsooth - crafty ho ho

apart from being homophobic sexist lgbtqiphobic and that you have lettucephobia  I also accuse you of spyphobia


GOT YER!!!

meanwhile Aek and Ajax  are 0 - 0  another bottle for me I think  yum yum

Nov 27, 2018 -- 6:49PM, lfc1971 wrote:

How do you know ?

He was convicted in Dubai last week on spying charges

How do you know ?

He was convicted in Dubai last week on spying charges

Top gathering of information Reynard..........sure your not a spy

we dont know that for sure , there was only a 5 minute hearing when he was sentenced
I think that’s all we know

I've heard the conviction still stands.  This means that should he travel abroad again and he has to declare any criminal convictions he has to tick the 'espionage' box.