The National Front
Sir: In Ferdinand Mount's article 'The end of Vulgar Pessimism' (13 May), he says: 'The National Front sinks back into the effluent.'
Although I very much wish they did, this is simply not the case. It is true that the Anti-Nazi League has had huge initial suc• cess; moreover, in terms of catching votes the NF do not appear to have had much success at the local elections. However, the NF no longer appear to bother about pat. ical success through the ballot box. In recent
months the racial message has no longer been along the lines of repatriation, immig
rant control or similar 'political' phrases,
but to arouse violence against black people' For example, a young man in Shoreditch who came out of an NF meeting beat up three West Indian children, aged between ten and thirteen, and also attacked their father as he attempted to defend them.
Shaun Best 27 Astor Street, Bramley, Leeds
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