I read with some concern in the Swindon Advertiser that the BNP hopes to patrol the gates of Ridgeway School in an attempt to protect them.

It is patently absurd. These people have no interest in the welfare of schoolchildren, their only interest is in advancing their own misguided ideas.

They seize on every possible opportunity to expose crimes they claim are a result of our multi-cultural society but if they were serious about crime, then they should start with their own membership.

In recent months we've seen local party treasurer Mark Bulman charged with trying to burn down a mosque and Lancashire candidate Robert Cottage arrested after the discovery of a bomb-making factory in his house.

The idea that these people are fit to defend anyone is ridiculous.

A Prendergast.

GMB organiser.

Swindon