SIR – Re the article (T&A, July 27) supporting calls for a ban on the demonstration by the English Defence League in August. Are you saying that the marchers are likely to be violent and do criminal damage, or that other parties that disagree with their views are likely to start trouble?
Free speech was very hard won and we should support it, whether or not we agree with what is said, as long as it doesn’t include incitement to commit a criminal act.
Tony Greenbank, Mainspring Road, Wilsden
EDITOR’S NOTE: Both EDL supporters and those who oppose their views have been arrested on previous occasions at similar demonstrations.
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