THE two best allies the BNP has are Burnley Council and the Anti-Nazi League.

The council allowed Bernard Manning to be booked at the Mechanics. Bernard has no hidden agenda; his views are well publicised so this must have been known when he was booked.

This makes the 'knee jerk' reaction to cancel his booking because he is a 'racist' all the more surprising and is a red rag to a bull for people who are concerned about censorship.

The ANL's actions in violently protesting on May 15 about the presence of democratically elected councillors also fuels the fire and turns these councillors into underdogs.

One of Francis Bacon's essays warned that "breaking of privilege, oppression and offending people joineth and knitteth them in a common cause." These, he wrote, are the main causes and motives of sedition.

Stop making a special case of the BNP councillors. You are only strengthening their position.

PAT JONES (Mrs), Bridgefield Street, Hapton.