November 5, 2007
As prank calls go, Guru likes to think it was up there with Ian Botham calling umpire Dickie Bird during a Test Match, and Century FM DJ Mike Maguire calling then England manager Sven Goran Eriksson pretending to be his predecessor Kevin Keegan.
Yep, Yours Truly would like to take the credit for phoning immigration minister Liam Byrne on his mobile while he was driving down the Tyburn Road in Birmingham on 6 July.
"Hello minister, how are you?"
"Er, very well thank you. How can I help you?"
"Well I think you've just done something most Spurs fans have been trying to do all season."
"What's that?"
"Got three points - there's a police car behind you."
Yep Byrne has had to cough up a £100 fine plus £35 for costs and accept a trio of points on his licence for talking on his mobile while driving.
Okay so this was a cheap trick, and that the minister was not guilty of anything most people have not done in their time, but if it brings a smile to those much-needed migrants that are being forced out of the country by Byrne's retrospective changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, Guru will raise a glass.
