Letters
Insinuations of Tory prejudice
31 March 2005
Dear Sir
Simon Lewis' insinuations of 'Tory prejudice' are inappropriate and ill timed. He says it is better not to vote for a party that 'gave tacit support to the apartheid regime in South Africa.' As an attempt to persuade people not to vote Conservative now, this argument is a non sequitur. True, the Conservative position on sanctions was dubious, but it was hardly motivated by racial considerations, nor would it be retrospectively supported by all Conservatives now. He then accuses the Tories of running a campaign against gypsies,as if this was the result of racial prejudice. The Conservatives are only pointing out that travellers are claiming spurious rights to land under the Human Rights Act, when these same rights are then denied to tax paying residents of the same area. Accusations of racism are inappropriate and only make reasoned debate on this sensitive issue more difficult.
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Havardi
top