IT must be good to be an MP in cloud-cuckoo-land.

I and lots like me object to being called racist for wanting to get our priorities right, because we are fed up of being taken for mugs by so-called asylum seekers, who are scroungers and illegal immigrants, call them what you like. Every one who manages to get into this country means less for the people who have contributed to the system.

Many of those who have contributed are Asians who have been here many years but get tarred with the same brush as the scroungers, which is wrong.

The NHS is a disgrace, with overworked staff. We cannot afford to look after the elderly in care. We have pathetic pensions, public transport in chaos, schools that are underfunded, crime out of control and we are short of police. But we always find the millions for the illegal immigrants.

They are simply coming here to get our benefits and it's time we paid more attention to our own people who are less fortunate.

Is it any wonder people are starting to look at the BNP?

DAVID WHITEHEAD, Lane House Close, Blackburn.