I WOULD just like to say that the BNP do not speak for me or anyone I know.

Firstly the BNP vote actually went down from the 2004 Euro elections. They got seats this time only because so many stayed at home, particularly Labour voters.

If they can’t make a breakthrough in the current political climate, then when can they ? Yes, 900,000 voted BNP nationwide, but that isn’t even a million in a country of more than 60 million.

The BNP don’t allow black or Asian people to be members, so how can they ever represent all of their constituents?

They also don’t acknowledge the England football team because it contains black players. How ridiculous is that?

Were there a lot of proud BNP supporters sitting at home the other night refusing to watch England win 6-0 ? Will they refuse to support us in the World Cup next BNP year ?

Finally, ask yourself what their position would have been on the recent Gurkha issue – 900,000 of their supporters might have opposed the campaign led by Joanna Lumley, but I think the vast majority of the remaining 60 million of us supported the campaign.

In a nutshell that sums up the situation. They are a minority party with minority views. Are their other policies just borrowed from other parties to try and make them look respectable? We need to read between the lines with all parties before we vote.

Ron Sykes

Fartown

What if BNP won?

I WONDER if the 64% of Examiner readers who voted online and claim to be happy that the BNP has won two EU Parliament seats – including one in Yorkshire (Examiner, June 10) – have considered how they would cope if the BNP were to be successful in achieving its aim of excluding all non-white people from the country and they had to make use of a collapsed NHS or public transport system.

Lewis Rich

Fixby

No violence from BNP

LAST week we saw democratically elected MEPs being shouted down and struck with sticks in the street by far-Left groups.

I have seen no evidence of fascist activity or policy from the BNP, only from the violent anti-democratic extremist neo-socialists.

It is quite clear that the much maligned BNP are the victims of fascism and not the source of it.

David Morrell

Dalton

Get in the real world

REGARDING the letter from Janet Jobber (June11) saying every member of staff and Kali Mountford herself could earn more money working elsewhere is, frankly, disillusioned, especially from Labour MPs who in most cases have never worked or lived in the real world.

I suggest they go and do it – nobody will miss them and it might give them an insight what we all have to put up with.

Good luck and good riddance if you do.

Tony

Birchencliffe

We need a laptop

THE West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust is a registered charity that is currently raising funds to build a children’s hospice and respite centre in Huddersfield.

We are currently in very desperate need of a working laptop as the one that had been donated to us previously has died and gone to computer heaven.

Could you, or someone you know, donate a laptop to us so that we can continue to make presentations out and about in West Yorkshire to raise the profile of our work?

We don’t need anything flash – just something that works with a disk drive – if it has Powerpoint installed then that would be a bonus!

If you can help – please get in touch. Thanking you in advance.

Karen Dineen

Head of Fundraising , The West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust

Why now a death road?

IS it a coincidence? Wakefield Road which has for years been no better or worse safety wise than any other main road in the area suddenly suffers a disastrous change and becomes a ‘death road.’

The deterioration in the accident statistics coincides with a number of ‘improvements’ instituted by Kirklees Highways Department. These alter the nature of the traditional traffic flows and create queues and increased driver frustration.

Once the accident statistics ‘prove’ that Wakefield Road is now dangerous, it justifies another shed load of ratepayers money being thrown at it to ‘cure’ the problem which didn’t exist before.

I would remind readers that the alterations and introduction of the bus lane on the Greenside/Moldgreen stretch of this same road were followed by two road deaths which then justified the introduction of speed cameras.

While a small number of drivers will be held responsible, shouldn’t we investigate to see if the actions of Kirklees Highways have played any part in the sudden unexplained deterioration so far before carrying out further experiments?

John Langford

Huddersfield

Don’t vote BNP

POLITICS is about trust and earning the respect of the people.

Two correspondents on your letters page on Thursday (John Langford, MPs fail in public duty and Skye Turner, BNP represents us) reflected the political turmoil of the last few weeks and months.

As a Labour Party activist in the European elections, I witnessed first hand voters’ anger over MPs expenses and know it was a key reason for many Labour supporters staying at home.

On the doorstep all we could do was apologise and tell people Labour would do whatever was necessary to put things in order and to earn back their trust for the future.

However, in spite of voters’ anger over expenses, the BNP was the one reason many voters did turn out.

Of the hundreds of people we met campaigning in the run up to the elections last week, the vast majority were united in their opposition to the divisive policies of the far right.

Thousands stuck with Labour because they trust us to put right the mistakes that have been made.  

Here in Huddersfield there’s a proud history of positive integration. Those voters persuaded to vote for any party other than the BNP last week are a testament to that history.

The BNP aren’t interested in respect for every citizen – they want to divide the country.

I’d like to thank those people whose votes gave a clear message that the BNP does not represent the views of the vast majority of people in Huddersfield.

Jo Coles

Dalton

Tough choice for voters

IT’S a bit rich of Godfrey Bloom MEP (UKIP) to castigate the BNP and thereby its voters.

Presumably we who value this country’s independence but have no stomach for fascism, vote for the watered-down patriotism of UKIP and those who don’t think UKIP go far enough vote BNP.

Who exactly are we supposed to vote for given that all three main parties have sold this country out to the EU?

As for the other parties, none of them matched the combined Yorkshire and Humber patriot/nationalist vote of 27% – could this be the reason for their concern?

And who do they think they are, telling us who we should and shouldn’t vote for? One in 10 of votes cast went to the BNP – that’s democracy lads.

If you won’t listen to our views someone else will.

Richard Huddleston

West Slaithwaite

Get cotton nappies

DAWN Ashwell is dead keen on recycling according to Friday’s Examiner.

Unfortunately, with lots of food waste and disposable nappies, her grey bin is not up to the job.

Maybe a compost bin coupled with a move to cotton nappies could ease the problem. This would complement her already green lifestyle.

Andy Whitworth

Longwood

Help save the world

IF you’re taking a gap year, why not include an exciting Earthwatch expedition in your travel plans?

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We run expeditions from October to November.

In 2009 Earthwatch is offering 350 expeditions to 61 research projects in 31 countries. Visit www.earthwatch.org/europe

Tom Berry