Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the deportation of Abu Qatada, saying removing the terror suspect from the UK "was a priority for this govt", and that there was a "clear plan" and a "right and stubborn refusal to bow to what many thought inevitable". Mr Cameron tweeted his pleasure at the news just hours after Qatada left Britain aboard a private flight bound for Jordan from RAF Northolt, in west London. The Home Office spent at least £1.7 million during a near decade-long battle to get him out of the country. Shortly after Qatada's plane left the airfield at about 2.45am, Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I am glad that this government's determination to see him...
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