Woodham praises Clayton

February 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pm by David Farrar

Kerre Woodham writes how she was going to lambast the Government for the decision of the Residence Review Board to deport a 101 year old back to the UK, but instead is praising Clayton Cosgrove for his intervention.

I have to agree with Kerre that it was a good call by Cosgrove. The board’s assertion:

“the appellant’s age, his financial resources, the fact that his son lives in New Zealand and the fact the appellant has no family in Great Britain do not make him special”. They went on to say “there is no evidence that the appellant could not have continued to live in Great Britain alone and without his son, as he had done for many years”.

just screamed of a lack of common sense. Ministers sometimes have to supply said common sense.

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7 Responses to “Woodham praises Clayton”

Peak Oil Conspiracy (2,403) Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
“Ministers sometimes have to supply said common sense”

Like Annette King? And don’t forget Peter Dunne, not currently a Minister, likes to talk about common sense too!
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john (478) Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
This halfwit in the Residence Review Board shows reall????? managment potenial, promote him, and put this plonker in charge of the somali intake they are far better than white 101 yo , with a son as a professor)
And lets not talk about dunne who represents ???? our area. been here FAR TO LONG.
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tim barclay (886) Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Any Minister who did not over-rule this stupid decision does not deserve to be in politics.
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Adam Smith (803) Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Even Cosgrove could work out that not changing the decision was a real vote getter, especially in Election year
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thehawkreturns (162) Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
The Minister wouldn’t have needed to overule the Board if the person
was a radical Muslim overstayer now would he?

Who gets on these Boards anyway?
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PhilBest (5,087) Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 10:54 am
But the guy was 101, there could be compassion…….
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PhilBest (5,087) Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Do the “financial resources” have anything to do with peoples attitudes here? The guy is a 101-year-old “rich prick”?
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