SIR Is Ann Cryer a Labour MP or a spokesperson for the far right? She uses the lame excuse of "Asian gangs" being the main reason for the number of white people voting for the BNP.

Does she think that gang culture is a problem exclusively in the Asian community? Mrs Cryer, you need to open your eyes and stop making feeble excuses for some of your constituents' racist ideologies.

If I praised a resistance movement in Palestine I would be charged with glorifying terrorism but in Britain if you vote or join a fascist movement you are classed as a downtrodden citizen who has been let down by the main parties.

The word hypocrite comes to mind!

Jamil Rehman, Frizley Gardens, Bradford