Roberta,

As Richard pointed out, I am strongly in favour of "no politics" at Knockholt. I have never heard you say anything offensive. Other people, whom I respect and trust, have been offended by your "dids" commnents and I'm unhappy about that.

Since learning that you stood as a BNP candidate it's clear to me that I could never have anything in common with you, all we could ever do is disagree about the most fundamental aspects of life and belief and country. So I choose not to have a lot to do with you.

I reckon that's honest and fair enough. There are lots of people that I wouldn't choose to take a drink with and I reckon that there are a lot of people entitled to feel the same way about me. It's a big enough world, and a big enough field at Knockholt (if we all keep our counsel)

If you doubt my sincerity about this then talk to your brother, we've had a lot of discussion about these issues (because he knows my views) a long time before any of this recent stuff erupted.

As another BNP candidate on this board discovered, if you stand up in the glare of national publicity and swear allegiance to a set of political and social beliefs which the majority of people find abhorrent then you really must expect a lot of people to choose, at least, to want to avoid you. For making that choice I respect your commitment to your cause, but not much else really. That's just the way things are.