BNP is party of the Left
From Lord Tebbit
Sir: Oh dear! Oh dear! How can we expect the Guardian and the BBC to get it right when the Telegraph and even The Spectator (Leading article, 22 April) fall into the trap of calling the BNP an extreme right-wing party. In my book it is left-wing, not right-wing, to oppose both capitalism and free trade, and to promote a ‘significant direction of the commanding heights of the economy’ as well as workers’ co-operatives and programmes of nationalisation including, of all things, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, all of which are part of the BNP manifesto.
Of course the BBC/Guardian establishment regards anyone who advocates patriotism, escape from the European Union and control of immigration as ‘extreme right-wing’, but I find many of my left-wing friends are patriotic, anti-EU and in favour of tough immigration controls. Unfortunately the ruling clique of New Labour is not, but then perhaps someone would tell me if my party is.
Tebbit
London SW1
Credulous, moi?
From Peter Riddell
Sir: Peter Oborne has departed from his usual standards of balance and fairness.
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