England past its sell-by date and has too many migrants says Vinnie Jones

Hardman actor Vinnie Jones has branded England “past its sell-by date” and said that it has opened its doors to too many immigrants.
Actor and former footballer Vinnie JonesActor and former footballer Vinnie Jones
Actor and former footballer Vinnie Jones

The Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels star, 48, lives in Los Angeles and said he could never be tempted back.

“There’s nothing to come back to here. To me, England is past its sell-by date,” he told the Radio Times.

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“It’s not the country I grew up in. It’s a European country now.

“If someone blindfolded you and put you on a plane in LA, and you landed at Heathrow and they took it off, you wouldn’t have a clue where you were.”

Asked whether he might make a poster boy for Ukip, the former Leeds, Wimbledon and Wales footballer replied: “You what?...I’m not familiar with them.” He said: “I just think we should get our own house in order before we open our doors. It’s mind-boggling to me.”

Jones, who lives next door to Quentin Tarantino in Mulholland Drive, said while being interviewed in London: “The weather here is depressing.

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“People say you can get bored 
of the sunshine in LA. No, you can’t.

“I play golf six days a week, and I’ve still got my football team, the Hollywood All-Stars. Those are my two main things.”

The former Leeds, Wimbledon and Wales footballer, who was known for his aggression on the football pitch, dismissed suggestions that he must at least miss the British sense of humour – and baked beans.

“We can get all that in LA, though you sometimes have to pay through the roof for it. A bottle of Ribena is $14,” he said.

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“But I get my Walkers crisps delivered once a month... And there’s more Premier League football on TV than there is here.”

Asked about today’s football matches and players rolling around in apparent agony following negligible contact, he replied: “Yeah, well, that rolling around, that’s the foreign players.

“I said it all 15 years ago, that diving would creep in, and also that the England team would suffer, because none of these foreign managers would buy English players.”