N TAYLOR wonders whether mainstream political parties could neutralise the BNP by advocating a halt to immigration (You Say, Tuesday, March 16).
Even if such a policy were sensible, I doubt it would achieve this aim.
The fact that the BNP has attracted support in Worcester, a city with only a few per cent of non-white residents, shows that its appeal has nothing to do with numbers.
Rather, the BNP seeks to use all ethnic minorities, whether immigrant or British-born, as scapegoats for society's ills.
Liberal Democrats believe that immigration should be better-regulated, but that a complete cessation is not in the nation's interests.
Not only would a more extreme policy not undermine the BNP but, perversely, it could be viewed as endorsing their attitudes.
PAUL H GRIFFITHS,
Worcester Liberal Democrats.
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