[Margaret Pilkington]

Spuggie.....compromise works both ways.......Muslims live and work in our communities and they have the freedom to celebrate their religion and their religious days......I object to being told that we should call Christmas 'Winterfest' or some such other ludicrous name.......and that local children cannot have a nativity play when they celebrate Diwali and other ethnic cultural festivals. It is time that we spoke up and let our views be known. People have become so scared of being labelled as rascist for speaking of the things that many people think, but few are prepared to say.

I get incensed when schemes aimed at 'sweetening' the ethnic population are promoted over the indigent people...like free driving lessons for young asian men in Blackburn....the young asian men are the ones hooning around in fast cars with no regard for human life......so hey lets give them free driving lessons. While other young men work hard, keep their noses clean and get B*gg*r all.