Back to the articleI thought he was rather better known #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 11:34 GMT
for his truly astonishing afro
UK donates Leo Sayer to Oz
Careful what you say. #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 11:34 GMT
"I'm 60 and I feel like a 20-year-old at the moment...."
Presumably all the young Sheilas have gone into hiding on hearing that.
Cockney Rhyming Slang..... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 11:34 GMT
Does this mean we will need to adopt a more UK-Centric way of referring to an all day drinking bender?
How is this our problem? #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 11:34 GMT
So because we don't want to listen to diabolical 'music' any more this a problem with us and not him. I'm sure he will fit in marvellously in Australia. The whole country is full of whiners.
Citizanship? #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 11:45 GMT
"Sayer swore his citizenship oath..."
Eh, am I missing something here. Surely his is still a subject, as the UK Queen is still the Queen of Australia. Also he will have duel nationalities, like my brother.
ok.... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 12:04 GMT
Leo Sayer on the other side of the planet? There is a God after all.
Wrong #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 12:07 GMT
"The United Kingdom has raised no objection to the release of Leo Sayer from the bonds of British citizenship.."
UK Law:
"You will not normally lose your British nationality if you become a citizen or national of another country. If you are a British subject otherwise than by connection with the Republic of Ireland you will lose that status on acquiring any other nationality or citizenship. If you are a British protected person you will lose that status on acquiring any other nationality or citizenship."
Australian Law:
"Under present legislation the United Kingdom recognises dual nationality, and, if you acquire Australian citizenship, this does not affect your right to hold a British passport and live in the United Kingdom."
Sayer returned to the Lucky Country... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 12:28 GMT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Country
"Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck."
And, it seems, being entertained by them too.
Mine's the stupid clown outfit.
What a shame #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:34 GMT
Australia's loss is Britain's gain. (Yes, that way around)
It's over... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 15:07 GMT
Leo doesn't need you any more.
Paris - Because she looks good down under. Probably.
I met 'im once at a Grand Prix #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 15:07 GMT
and found he was a thoroughly obnoxious git.
Good riddance.
He's made me feel like dancing #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 16:03 GMT
At the thought of him emigrating.
Actually..... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 18:15 GMT
...I saw him in concert a couple of times in the mid-seventies, and he actually put on a helluva good show! But once he released "When I need you" he started going 'orribly MOR...
So good luck to you, Oz. You can keep him.
In case you need an IT angle... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 18:15 GMT
If my research is correct, Sayer was born on June 21st 1948, the same day the Manchester "Baby" computer successfully ran the world's first electronically stored computer program...
13000 in Canberra? #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 00:38 GMT
13,000 is the total number of people who got citizenship on Monday. Not all of them were in Canberra. That would be cruel. That kind of treatment might have been how this country started but we've improved a bit since then. You're actually allowed to get citizenship everywhere.
And he isn't giving up anything. As pointed out above, you can have dual citizenship. I hold both an Australian & British passport - and I've never set foot in Britain!
Transportation ended in the 1860's #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 05:34 GMT
Will you Pommies STOP sending us your wastrels, castoffs and strays?
We have enough.
Thank you.
[Happily goes back to packing the esky for another hot day at the beach]
@AC #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 10:27 GMT
"Will you Pommies STOP sending us your wastrels, castoffs and strays?"
You started it. Barry Humphries, Rolf Harris, Jason Donovan and the frikkin' Minogue sisters.
@@AC #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 11:03 GMT
OK, so stop encouraging them!
If you leave them alone they will go away.
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