Stop paramilitary parades on streets
I FOUND the photographs of marchers in London with raised, clenched fists and wearing dark paramilitary style uniforms to be worrying and threatening (Mail). They marched in the sunshine, past shoppers and young families going about their normal business. How bewildering and intimidating they must have found it. To see the barely suppressed anger on the faces of the marchers, you would think this was the worst, hateful, most divisive and intolerant country in the world. In comparison were the photographs of young black men in Kent. Smiling and triumphant, they were illegal migrants who had been rescued from their Channel crossing in an inflatable boat by the Coastguard and brought to safety. They chose to come here knowing they would be helped and treated well, or at least better than in their home country. Despite all its faults and the mistakes of history, we should all accept Britain is a good place and be thankful we live here. I’m not holding my breath.
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MARCHERS on the streets of our capital is what years of blindly accepting diversity and feeling guilty over historical events have brought us. A Far Right group dressed in uniform would have been prosecuted under anti-terrorism measures. So, what happened to those dressed in paramilitary outfits? Nothing! We have been betrayed by the police, politicians and bleeding heart liberals.
M. BROWN, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
UNDER the 1936 Public Order Act, the wearing of uniforms by political groups or parties at meetings or parades is forbidden. It has twice been used to prosecute members of Britain First. I. SuTHERLAND, Whittington, Shropshire. GROUPS with a sinister resemblance to paramilitary groups from our not so distant past could foster the racist prejudices they are supposedly against.
N. STANDAGE, Boston, Lincs.