REGARDING recent letters pointing out the claim of the National Front and British National Party to freedom of speech, in the 1930s Hitler's supporters in Germany also claimed the same right.

And with the false propaganda of the National Front and BNP, the poison spreads. When the times are hard and the jobs are scarce, there is always a scapegoat. In the 1930s the Jews in Germany got the blame. Now, it's Asians and coloured immigrants who carry the can.

I am not a guest here. I have adopted this country as my own. And I have fought for this country and I am proud of it.

I am British through and through. My kids were born and educated here. Their mother tongue is English. They don't know any other country.

I know the pains and suffering the Nazis caused to their people and also how they destroyed their own country. I saw it with my own eyes during my Army service. The National Front is only trying to whip up the same hatred.

I urge both communities to think about the future of our children and grandchildren and tell them what happened the last time the fascists got control of a country.

We all need integration, not segregation.

KHALID MAHMOOD, Belle Vue Street, Blackburn.