Well, I for one thought that there was no choice in this matter in the UK: to quote MATS part 1:
"A landing aircraft, which is considered by a controller to be dangerously positioned on final approach shall be instructed (my italics) to carry out a missed approach. An aircraft can be considered as 'dangerously positioned' when it is poorly placed either laterally or vertically for the landing runway"
This authority has been used recently (source: AAIB bulletins) at Aldergrove and Bristol, when aircraft were respectively instructed to " climb immediately" when it was evident it was going to land at the wrong airport, and in the other incident, to go around after a mis-placed orbit.
Seems a reasonable piece of legislation to me. If I ever do something like this then please be as assertive as you like.