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Government 'lame' on Qatada

Tuesday, 7th February 2012

Nigel Farage MEP , the UKIP leader has responded to statements made by the Home Secretary in the House of Commons about the release on bail of suspected Islamist terrorist Abu Qatada under the instruction of European Courts describing them as 'lame'.

"Watching the hand wringing on both front benches is nauseous," he said.

"Both the Home Secretary and her shadow have told us that this man's presence on our streets is unacceptable. But it is only the case because we are subservient to European Law. The decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) are now binding on this country, due to the Lisbon Treaty. Today there is nothing we can do about it unless we bite the bullet and leave the EU.
 
"Nothing else will work, so to hear Theresa May go on about how Qatada will be rearrested if he breaks his bail conditions is lame in the extreme. The man is an acknowledged danger, and yet nothing can be done.
 
"If anything Yvette Cooper is worse, given Labour's continued support of the ECHR. For her to demand this man's deportation, when it is the very body she supports that has blocked it, is rank hypocrisy," said Farage.

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