I TOTALLY agree with the comments made by Mr S Adam (Letters, March 20) about Blackburn prospective Tory candidate Geeta Sidhu.

Firstly, in my opinion, Blackburn Conservative Party is playing the race card in selecting an Asian person to be their prospective Parliamentary candidate.

Secondly, from the comments made by Miss Sidhu, she obviously doesn't know the real problems which Blackburn has had to face under 17 years of Tory rule.

The Queen's Park area has one of the highest unemployment figures within Blackburn shared with social deprivation and high crime - all products of failed Tory policies.

G FOULDS, BA, Secretary, Queen's Park Labour Party.

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