The Sun says (Editorial)
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HATE preacher Abu Qatada must be the only man in Britain who isn’t feeling the pinch.
While our schools, police, and brave Armed Forces face swingeing cuts, spending on the terror suspect just seems to go up and up.
It’s bad enough that he is using human rights laws to stay in a country he despises.
But hard-working families struggling to make ends meet will be sickened to learn that last month this unwanted guest was costing them £5,058 A DAY for legal aid alone.
And the total bill for his legal aid, security, housing and benefits in 2013 is expected to top a staggering £6million.
That’s enough to pay for an extra 283 nurses, 347 rookie soldiers or 263 teachers.
Qatada, a Bin Laden stooge and inspiration for the 9/11 hijackers, is using every trick in the legal handbook to dodge deportation back to his homeland of Jordan.
To make matters worse, soft-touch European judges seem determined to let him.
Home Secretary Theresa May must be tearing her hair out in despair at how to get rid of him.
Even that is costing us, as government lawyers run up a mammoth bill in their hopeless quest to find common sense in the barmy human rights laws that allow him to stay.
He’s been playing Qat and mouse with the authorities for 12 years.
Let’s hope 2013 is the year we finally get rid of him.
Then we can end this costly madness once and for all.
They UK could save a lot of money by just dropping him off at a New York City firehouse. He would be taken care of there.
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, first they make mad!