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| UK Chancellor Attempts to End Expensive Circus of Hook-Handâs Endless Appeals |
| 2004-04-21 |
| Furious Gordon Brown will sensationally BLOCK legal aid payments to hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza, it emerged last night. The Chancellor is to ensure taxpayers do NOT foot the bill for the ranting anti-Western preacherâs battle against deportation. A Whitehall insider insisted: âWeâre not going to play these games. Weâre not going to allow him to string out the legal process. Weâve no intention of giving him this money.â One-eyed firebrand Hamza was originally told to leave the country a year ago because of his extremism. But he has lodged a string of appeals. He was first refused legal aid but the ruling was overturned by the Legal Services Commission. However Hamza still has to apply to the Treasury for the cash because he is listed by the UN Security Council as an al-Qaeda supporter. His three-week court fight begins on Monday and The Sun has learned Mr Brown is determined to block any cash. Hamza, 46, already costs taxpayers more than £1million each year. The battle to kick him out eats up £250,000 in legal fees. He is given police protection costing £250,000 a year when he delivers his weekly anti-British rants in Finsbury Park, North London. And MI5 surveillance costs a further £500,000. Meanwhile his family gets £1,030.65 a week benefit. .... Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said: âThe public are rightly scathing over legal aid grants to this man. Legal aid should be only be granted to those who are genuinely in need. Abu Hamza is costing us a fortune as it is. âThe sooner this man is deported the better. He brings nothing to this country other than hate.â |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #6 He is given police protection costing £250,000 a year when he delivers his weekly anti-British rants in Finsbury Park, North London. .com - Stop this and we may get near enough to dispatch him. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-22 6:19:37 AM |
| #5 Wouldn't a .22 LR fired into the braincase at the back of the neck be a tad cheaper? At any point in the process you decide you've had enough fun, I'm sure the economics would still work out favorably. This is it. Time for hard boyz to do hard things. Quietly. "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, sadly we must inform you that the imminent Muslim Cleric Abu Hamza was, apparently, 'mugged' last evening. His wallet and Passport are missing, so we are treating it as a robbery gone wrong. Yes, it's tragic. He should've just given them what they wanted." |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-22 6:12:28 AM |
| #4 Perhaps the Government is coming to its senses regarding Hamza and his ilk. I find it appalling that someone can preach in favour for the downfall of the very system which provides them subsistence. The British government are effectively paying for Hamza's protection and for the food on his table whilst he preaches hate against the hand that feeds him. It is frustrating that the UK can't simply put him and his family on a flight back to wherever he came from but the judicial process has to be seen to be carried out and it's refreshing that the Home Office have effectively made their mind up about the enemy within, the only issue remaining is to deport him having followed the correct legal process. Well done HM Government, itâll be a great day when Hamza is no longer a drain on the nationâs resources. |
| Posted by: Neo 2004-04-22 4:46:30 AM |
| #3 Go Gordon. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-22 4:10:18 AM |
| #2 However Hamza still has to apply to the Treasury for the cash because he is listed by the UN Security Council as an al-Qaeda supporter. Too easy. There exists a remote chance that any money given to him might be directed into the hands of al Qaeda. Sorry hook boy, now go and wipe your @ss with wrong hand. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-22 2:51:45 AM |
| #1 If he won't leave the UK, make him choose Gibraltar or the Falklands. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-22 2:44:36 AM |