Quirky World ... Salmond cannot boldly go where he wants

ENGLAND: Alex Salmond found himself in a bizarre stand-off with airline staff after booking a flight ticket under the name James T Kirk — the captain of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise.

Quirky World ... Salmond cannot boldly go where he wants

The former Scottish first minister faced embarrassment when British Airways refused to let him board a flight at Heathrow under the sci-fi alias.

It took a series of phonecalls for the senior politician to persuade the airline that he should be allowed on board.

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