THERE was confusion last night over the extent of the terrorist threat faced by Britain, after David Blunkett played down suggestions that al-Qaeda was targeting the country. In an apparent rebuke to Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Mr Blunkett, the Home Secretary, said he was concerned about the “knock-on effect” of suggestions that Britain was the next target of the terror network. Speaking after the 11 March Madrid bombings, Sir John, THERE was confusion last night over the extent of the terrorist threat faced by Britain, after David Blunkett played down suggestions that al-Qaeda was targeting the country. England’s most senior police officer, said a similar attack on London was “inevitable”. Full Story