THOSE of us who lived through the Second World War could not help feeling insulted by Tuesday’s election broadcast by the BNP as it totally misrepresented Winston Churchill.

I quote directly from his speech at Zurich University in 1946, which paints the true picture: “I wish to speak to you today about the tragedy of Europe. Yet all the while there is a remedy which, if it were generally and spontaneously adopted by the great majority of people in many lands, would as if by a miracle transform the whole scene, and would in a few years make all Europe, or the greater part of it, as free and as happy as Switzerland is today.

“What is this sovereign remedy? It is to recreate the European Family, or as much of it as we can, and to provide it with a structure under which it can dwell in peace, in safety and in freedom. We must build a kind of United States of Europe. The first step in the recreation of the European Family must be a partnership between France and Germany.”

If people support the BNP they are not following Churchill’s thinking the way the broadcast claimed.

Bill Morehead, Darlington.

I RECENTLY received an election communication from the BNP and, quite frankly, its contents appalled me.

How dare they feature a Second World War aircraft and our flag on the front and how dare they, on the reverse, purport that battles fought in the past have something to do with them and their nasty fascist organisation. They are insulting the men who fought and those who died fighting against fascism in Europe.

My father fought at Dunkirk, in the Middle East, Italy and at Arnhem as a member of the Parachute Regiment.

He and his comrades saved us from a dictator who sent millions to their deaths because of their race, religion, creed or colour.

We are free to live in peace in a democracy because of them. It is time to reclaim the Union Jack and hold it high as a symbol of all we hold dear in Britain – our right to free speech, our sense of fair play, our right to walk down the street unhindered.

Councillor Denise Bunn, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Guisborough Town Council.

WHILE reading a letter in Hear All Sides I fell off my chair. Pete Winstanley (HAS, May 25) finally conceded that immigration can be detrimental to social cohesion.

In his letter he stated: “I acknowledge that there are problems with the ghettoisation of some immigrant communities.”

We (the BNP) have been saying this for years and we have constantly been branded racist for doing so. Welcome to reality, Mr Winstanley. You are not racist, you are a realist – just like us.

Adam Walker, MEP Candidate, Brtish National Party,