Sophie
I accept your comments and agree it was very badly put my the minister and reported by the press.
As long as they are not jumping the queue no problem with me.

Re voting BNP . I for one could never see myself voting that way. I have always voted in every election since 1970 for all mainstream parties and two others ( not BNP ).
I think the drip drip of badly worded HMG statements do not help when it comes to persuading others not to vote BNP. I do know an elderly lady from Sydenham who did vote BNP ( or said she did ) she kept refering to speakers on LBC. Not sure what she meant as only listen to Radio 4