Even without Chatham House and MI5 reports, Blair knows all too well Iraq is one of many causes, but doesn’t want to lose face by fully stating that. The government sprays disinformation and the police make strangely rapid progress on police investigations. From Eritrea to Pakistan and across the Middle East and Maghreb Islam is in a massive doghouse (Please do not mention socio-economic causes, such as the results of UK/US foreign policy and racist dispersal policies toward post war immigrants to the UK). It might have been nice then to see it much wider reported that resistance groups Hizbollah and Hamas denounced the bombings . As did Ken’s klein Al-Qaradawi.

In blighted Blighty, a mate said the leader of the Muslim Council of Britain came across like Al-Mujahiroun, defending the attacks and doing Islam no favours by playing up conspiracy theories. But I can only see a measured response on its site. This is the problem in microcosm. We need to act like the media-savvy users we’re trained to be and take a much more professional approach in our relay and analysis of information. The clamour for anything sadly takes precedence. The BBC, for example, advanced understanding not a jolt by spending an hour of prime-time television to say that the terrorists are adept at using the internet. That’s massive innovation from the Islads. Gavin Esler is a cunt, but we’re pinning something else on him here.

Yes, the govt-media are not so subtly orchestrating the build-up of hostility towards imams, their words like arson attacks . The police state is also fast descending and the current (and real) terror threat is being exploited to perpetuate fear in the wider population, who have clearly had it too easy for too long. Coming down Walworth Road, a very new scene was being painted by police, with a hapless terror suspect and bulky rucksack as the oils and the numerous passers by, motorists and tourists the canvas. Picture this: black man in his late 30s standing with his arms outstretched as uniformed police swarm around him like angry authority bees, TEN of whom are waving sub-machine guns at him, while a colleague pats him down in a bizarre tentative-yet-determined fashion. Plainly detective clothed police officers look on from the doors of marked police cars, rubbing their chins to facilitate their assessment of the application of skills acquired from Israeli security forces. Chinese tourists on the bus dutifully whip out their mobile phones and handy-cams to record the incident, as if they’d spotted a rare bird or maybe a panda. Tossers.

Back in town, middle-class whites and their friends, who are not complicit in any way of perpetuating a system of injustice, were determined to carry on getting pissed, and were encouraged to do so: “Terror Special – doubles only £10. Here at the Quaffers we know that terror is no obstacle to drinking six pints of lager. Indeed it is a catalyst, as people want to commune and talk through their unmitigated grief and confusion at walking streets of London they have never seen before/only seen when pissed”. Such was the tone of actual adverts for shitehouses such as the Cobden Club. As Private Eye showed; businesses felt that they had to mention the attacks – no matter how gratuitously: “HELLO. Everyone at annegeddes.com is shocked and saddened by the tragic events in London, and we at this time extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to all of the families and loved ones involved. Our Baby Clothing MOVING SALE is on now and we've just added even more items! SAVE up to 83% on a selection of Playsuits, Tops, Pants, Dresses and much more. Take advantage of these great savings NOW as Anne Geddes Baby celebrates moving into retail..."

And you wonder why people see Britain as Babylon? Work-wise, a friend reports of a woman’s rabid “you don’t understand” reaction to an email from a Mumbai co-worker. Not only are they taking all our jobs, but they can ride on their tubes without being suspicious of everyone. Those floods, er serve them right. Get your dragnet replaced, young lady.