‘Confused and fearful’ is mistaken in some assumptions (From Bury Times)

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‘Confused and fearful’ is mistaken in some assumptions

7:10am Thursday 9th July 2009

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BEING white, and not only English but born in Radcliffe, I would not possibly try to denounce the feelings of “confused and fearful half breed” (June 25), because one would have to be in a similar position to him to do so.

However, I feel that he is mistaken in some of his assumptions.

Firstly, while it is true that 4,000 people in the MBC voted for the BNP in the European elections, their actual percentage of the poll fell, while in the local election in Radcliffe their vote appears to have been consistent with the previous two years when I was a Conservative candidate.

The only reason they gained two seats in the European election was the complete collapse of the Labour vote, and the subsequent adjustments to the proportional representation system applied by the EU Parliament.

The vast majority of people in our borough are not racist, in fact they are generally tolerant, but the unfair laws imposed by the Government, passed I have no doubt for the right reason, have in fact had just the opposite effect, and have resulted in immigrants being given preferential treatment particularly in employment and housing, to the detriment and annoyance of very many people.

There has been no social housing built for many years, and this has led to large waiting lists for the limited housing stocks, and has led to many immigrants with on average larger families than the indigenous population being housed at the expense of local people who continue to wait for years. Your correspondent is also I fear, making the wrong assumption when he says “he fears how many more BNP voters are out there who didn’t vote”.

I believe that the BNP were the only party to maximise their vote, while supporters of the major parties demonstrated their displeasure with all of them, particularly over the disgusting and scandalous misuse of public funding relating to MP’s expenses.

As a person born in this country, your correspondent is British, and as such is entitled to all the privileges that that entails, but no more. Bernard Slingsby Hawthorn Court Radcliffe