Re: nearly 300,000 migrants entered Britain last year alone.

In one decade, Boston in Lincolnshire has seen its immigrant numbers up by 389 per cent. A country the size of Britain cannot cope.

I therefore deplore the emotive exploitation of the word ‘racist’ being used against those opposed to immigration.

I also disapprove most strongly how UKIP, a legal political party, have been pushed to the political margins in the lead-up to the general election.

I now find myself living in a society which is clamping down on democratic debate and it’s worrying.

So, as a democrat, I say ‘stop now’ this witch-hunt against UKIP.

Bert Hardwick, Whalley