Ghost of a flea

I wonder if, deep down, the Tory inner circle doesn't rather approve of aspects of Islam, a religion which preaches radical equality while, for the most part, keeping the lower orders in their place; whose rulers disown the hereditary principle while surreptitiously benefiting from it.

Victorian Conservatives would wave benignly at "honest working men" in their slums; their successors pat "community leaders" on the head when they visit Muslim ghettos. Like their ancestors, they have no idea what lies just around the corner.

The 15 British residents on the list, which can be seen online at www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consolidatedlist.htm, are all named as associates of terror group Al-Qaeda. They are:

Libya-born British citizen Ghuma Abd’rabbah, living in Birmingham;

Libya-born British citizen Abdulbasit Abdulrahim, living in London, said to have raised funds for the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group;

Libya-born Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih, living in Birmingham;

Saudi Arabian Dr Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih, living in London;

Saudi Arabian Khalid Abd Al-Rahman Hamd Al-Fawaz, living in London;

Syria-born British citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra, living in London;

Egyptian Hani Al-Sayyid Al-Sebai, living in London;

Gloucester-born Sajid Mohammed Badat, currently in prison in the UK after pleading guilty to planning to blow up an aircraft with a shoe bomb;

Libyan Maftah Mohamed Elmabruk, living in London, said to have raised funds for the LIFG;

Libya-born British citizen Abdelrazag Elsharif Elosta, living in London, said to have raised funds for the LIFG;

Egyptian Al Sayyid Ahmed Fathi Hussein Eliwah, living in the UK with a UK passport;

Egypt-born British citizen Mostafa Kamel Mostafa Ibrahim, better known as the radical cleric Abu Hamza, in jail after being convicted on 11 charges, including six of soliciting to murder;

Libya-born British citizen Abdulbaqi Mohammed Khaled, living in Birmingham;

Jordanian national Uthman Omar Mahmoud, better known as the radical cleric Abu Qatada, currently in prison in the UK after breaching bail conditions relating to his appeal against deportation. Wanted on terrorism charges in Algeria, the United States, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Jordan;

Libyan Tahir Nasuf, living in Manchester.