Two dozen terrorist suspects who Gordon Brown signalled would be deported following last summer’s car bomb attacks on Glasgow and London are still in the country.

The group of Libyan, Algerian and other foreign-born terror suspects includes the radical cleric Abu Qatada and a relative of the ringleader of the Madrid bombings.

All have all been identified by the police or intelligence services as posing a threat to national security.

In November, while updating the House of Commons on the security outlook following the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow a few days after he became Prime Minister last July, Mr Brown told MPs that the group were in the process of being deported.

Eight months on, none of the 24 has left the country — and the majority are not even in detention.

One of the Libyans is the brother-in-law of the ringleader of the Madrid bombers responsible for 191 deaths in 2004, and was described in court as a “global jihadist with links to al-Qa’eda.”

Another is an Islamist extremist said to be “clearly engaged in support of jihadist activities.”

A number of Algerians in the group of 24 have also recently won the right to appeal against deportation. Their case will be heard in the House of Lords.

With the exception of Abu Qatada, the Palestinian-Jordanian “preacher of hate,” all of the group have been granted guaranteed anonymity.

Once described as Osama bin Laden’s main operative in Europe, Qatada was released from jail in June after the Government failed to deport him to Jordan, where he is wanted on terrorist offences, and is confined to his house while awaiting the results of a House of Lords appeal.

He has been photographed strolling around his neighbourhood during the two hours a day he is allowed out under the terms of his bail conditions.

The Qatada family claim an estimated £47,000-a-year in benefits and have been provided with a council house worth around £800,000.

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In ‘The Islamist’ by Ed Husain,late in the book the author makes the point that many in the middle east are distrustful of Britain because Britain gives safe haven to all manner of religious fanatics who wish to kill and replace established leaders throughout the region.

Many have convictions for terrorist offences in their home countries. In Britain we not only protect these people from the justice of their own lands, we dispense benefits to them even as they plot against friendly nations; and even against ourselves.

Surely it shouldn’t be controversial simply to get rid of these troublemakers forthwith. Next plane. Gone. Job done.