SIR – The recently-retired Bishop of Bradford advises us to sign a petition organised by Hope Not Hate against a march by the English Defence League.
I prefer the sensible approach of Councillor Dale Smith, in a recent T&A letter: “Let them get on with it...and they will slink away...”
This attitude is more in keeping with the British tradition of free speech than the Bishop’s “banning” call. I refer the Bishop to Acts 5:34-39, where the sage Gamaliel showed a more thoughtful approach to dissidents.
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