NEW YORK (CNN)  -- American radio talk-show host Michael Savage said he wants an apology from Britain's home secretary and his name removed from a list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom. American radio talk-show host Michael Savage calls the British government's description of him "demented." "I've heard from British attorneys who are salivating to set the record straight and win quite a large settlement should she not remove my name from the list," Savage said in an interview broadcast Thursday on CNN's "American Morning." Savage was referring to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, whose office recently excluded 22 people from entering the country because the government feels they have been "stirring up hatred."
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Radio talk-show host Michael Savage wants British home secretary to apologize
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Savage, 20-plus others banned from entering Britain for "stirring up hatred"
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"I'm a patriotic American, and if that's a crime in England, God help us all," he says
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Savage known for controversial remarks on homosexuality, illegal immigrants, Islam
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