SIR – Many seeing recent events in Bradford connected with the crisis in the Gaza Strip, Palestine must wonder if both the West Yorkshire Police Commissioner and his ‘acting’ Chief Constable are suffering from narcolepsy?
As if the representative of any extreme right wing organisation known by three letter acronyms, had made such public statements on Bradford becoming an Islamic-free zone for example – not as Respect MP George Galloway said an Israeli-free one – their feet would not have touched the ground as they would have been arrested and faced prosecution for incitement of racial and religious hatred.
Likewise in West Midlands area, where a Labour MP reported as leading a howling mob protesting about Israeli ‘kosher’ food in a Birmingham supermarket forced it to close for several hours losing much business as a result.
For any of us to respect the laws of this land, as set by Parliament just what kind of example does this illegal rabble rousing by so called ‘honourable’ members of Parliament set? Surely at the very least they should be disciplined for bringing Parliament into disrepute.
All I can say is no wonder more people don’t bother to vote in elections.
D S Boyes, Upper Rodley Lane, Leeds
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