‘Hundreds of potential terrorists’ in the UK.

Police are monitoring “hundreds” of potential terrorists in Britain, according to Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary.

Mr Clarke, along with Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, was giving evidence to the all-party Home Affairs Select Committee looking into the aftermath of the July 7 bombings and July 21 attempted bombings.

The Home Secretary said that while police were focusing increasingly on the terrorists’ international links, they are tracking a large number Islamic radicals already based in Britain.

“There are currently hundreds of individuals who we have been watching and we believe need to be very closely monitored,” he said.

And some of them are apparently advisers to Tony Blair.