Thug action of the BNP

You carried an article reporting on the visit of George Galloway to Swansea, to speak at a Respect meeting (Post, March 15).The proprietor of the Four Seasons club contacted me personally to say he was worried about security after receiving warnings from a local BNP member that people from around the country would smash up the club if the meeting proceeded.

I immediately brought this to the attention of the police, who agreed to have officers in the vicinity of the meeting, before the owner cancelled. The meeting eventually went ahead successfully at the university with more than 200 people attending.

A BNP spokesman claimed the organisation was not violent. This flies in the face of the facts. BNP member and former election candidate Robert Cottage recently pleaded guilty to the possession of one of the biggest hoards of explosives ever discovered in the UK, in preparation for "race war''.

Richard Stone, a member of the Stephen Lawrence public inquiry, said: "Whenever the BNP are active, police always do report a rise in racist attacks. There is a correlation between BNP activity and the rise in race attacks.''

The BNP is not a legitimate party for working people - it is a fascist organisation of violent thugs who stand in the tradition of Hitler.

Jonny Jones
Respect Wales Steering Committee

Letter to South Wales Evening Post