US shock jock banned from Britain vows to sue

A US radio shock jock barred from entering Britain said he will sue for defamation after his name appeared on the British Home Office’s list of 16 “least wanted”.

Michael Savage, who hosts far-right talk show The Savage Nation, called Home Secretary Jacqui Smith a “lunatic” and said he was outraged that he had been named alongside hate preachers and a member of Hamas.

Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort of behaviour Britain was not prepared to tolerate.