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Ford blasts DUP for supporting 42 day detention

7.09.00pm UTC (GMT +0000) Wed 11th Jun 2008

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Alliance leader David Ford

Alliance leader David Ford has slammed the DUP for voting to introduce 42-day detention this evening at Westminster.

David Ford said: "The DUP's decision to support 42-day detention is an outrage. They opposed internment in Northern Ireland but have now effectively supported imprisonment without trial in Great Britain.

"I don't know what reward they got from Gordon Brown but in my opinion, liberty is priceless and should never be sold."

ENDS

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