UKIP Bradford - Local Campaigns

I frequently attack the many absurdities of the European Union and would prefer to see us withdraw to associate status.
Our own Government, however, must share a measure of the blame for stupidities foisted onto the longsuffering British public.

Take the new motorcycle driving test. Emergency stops must be held at 31 mph in built up areas which would clearly be illegal.

One more example of government letting any old rubbish come into this nation 'on the nod' as long as it bears a 'Brussels stamp'!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

More trouble for our troops

I WONDER how many sensible people welcome the prospects of an EU army possibly replacing NATO, especially when our measure of control over our own troops will effectively be surrendered to Brussels?
When we consider how disastrously the EU has handled relationships with Russia of late - it is clearly a matter of grave concern.

JASON SMITH, UK Independence Party Yorkshire Regional Secretary, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, BRADFORD.

An alien concept?

SIR – Data from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions has revealed that the ice caps of Mars’s South Pole have been diminishing for three summers in a row. Hadn’t somebody better tell those Martians to stop burning fossil fuels and stop building new airports?

Do these aliens not consider their carbon footprints? Maybe we should despatch the millionaire environmentalist David Cameron to have a photoshoot on Mars’s South Pole to highlight this latest environmental catastrophe.

Although, maybe there really aren’t any Martians and there is another explanation. Well, according to Habibullo Abdussamatov, the head of space research at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, “the long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars.” Mr Abdussamatov has studied fluctuations in the warmth of the sun and believes he can see a pattern that fits with the ups and downs in climate we see on Earth and Mars. Should we trust this eminent researcher and scientific NASA data or our “doom and gloom” politicians with their ulterior motives? Instead of “global warming” should this phenomena not be named “solar warming”?

Jason Smith (UK Independence Party Bradford chairman), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

A worrying trend

SIR – I was astounded when I heard that residents of Greater Manchester had been told by their local council to clean up graffiti on their fences or face a hefty £1,000 fine. The people who received these letters were not young hooligans armed with spray cans, but the victims of this graffiti crime, many of them elderly residents. In what is becoming a worrying trend, Bury Council are treating these victims as criminals.

When questioned about the threatening letters received by the residents, the council stated that “We are happy to reword the letter but we stand by the sentiment.”

As a taxpayer, I expect the Council to serve me. After all, I pay for the service. I think the “writing is on the wall” for these controlling councils as I don’t think people are going to stand for this kind of attitude.

Jason Smith (UK Independence Party Bradford chairman), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

I AM always rather troubled by the naivety of those Eurosceptics who believe that the Conservatives can be entrusted with our future in the European Union based on their obvious “euroscepticism”.

From whence cometh this trust? Did not Ted Heath take us into the Common Market without a mandate? Did not he and his Government lie when the referendum came in 1975? Was it not John Major who took us into the constrictions of Maastricht? Has not Cameron reneged on removing the Tory Euro-MPs in Brussels from their pro-EU grouping? Was Thatcher not toppled for starting to turn against the EU when she began to recognise its inherent dangers? In power Tories whistle to the Brussels tune, out of power many pretend to be anti-EU.

If you love the EU, vote Conservative

I am always rather troubled by the naivety of those eurosceptics who believe the Conservatives can be entrusted with our future in the European Union based on their obvious euroscepticism.

From whence cometh this trust? Did not Heath take us into the Common Market without a mandate? Did not he and his government lie when the referendum came in 1975? Was it not Major who took us into the constrictions of Maastricht?

Has not Cameron reneged on removing the Tory MEPs in Brussels from their pro-EU grouping? Was Thatcher not toppled for starting to turn against the EU when she began to recognise its inherent dangers?

In power, the Tories whistle to the Brussels tune – out of power many pretend to be anti-EU.

Note how gently they have opposed the Lisbon Treaty. In practice, the majority want it, whether this resonates with the party faithful or not.

Let voters be in no doubts – if they love the EU, they do not have to vote Liberal Democrat or Labour or Green, they can vote Conservative in good conscience. As for the rest of us, there is only one non-extremist party of note still fighting the EU menace.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party, Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Taking a stand

SIR – Good old Dave Cameron calling for bankruptcy help for business (Your Letters, July 15); that’s all well and good, and I’m sure welcome from businesses which are being hurt by the credit crunch.

I just wonder if Mr Cameron has noticed that we mere citizens are struggling too with the credit crunch, with the number of house repossessions going through the roof.

Does he intend to help us out? I wonder if the multi-millionaire Tory leader has even considered our plight.

With New Labour cutting the 10p tax band and preparing to hurt us more with increased tax on old cars, the Tories obsessed with helping the rich and big business and the Lib Dems preparing to tax us even further into oblivion, just who is speaking for the common man?

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

Time for voting to go hands-free

I would like to thank Richard Corbett MEP for trying to justify the fact that he voted to not respect the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (Courier, July 17).

Maybe votes in the EU parliament would be more transparent if votes were registered electronically as UKIP MEPs suggested, rather than having a show of hands and no record made of how they vote. Surely the people of Yorkshire deserve to know how their MEPs have voted?

I also noticed that Mr Corbett's letter came from Leeds. This is quite strange as he lives abroad.

Personally if I was elected as a Yorkshire MEP to serve the people of Yorkshire, I would spend some time in our region. I suppose this is not the case if you are a career politician like Mr Corbett.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Halifax Courier, 09/08/08

When Irish say no, they mean no!

The EU steamroller continues to plod on, leaving what is left of democracy in its wake.
Driving the steamroller into Ireland was French President Nicolas Sarkozy who "suggested" to the Irish prime minister that a second referendum should be held on the Lisbon Treaty, possibly on the same day as the EU elections next June.

I wonder if Mr Sarkozy would be suggesting the Irish vote again if they had voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty?

Mr Sarkozy made a point to spend time with leaders of the No campaign in Ireland to hear their concerns. In fact, he spent a total of three minutes with each campaign group!

Declan Ganley, backer of No campaign group Libertas, said: "The most worrying thing about this meeting is the fact that clearly the message is not properly being heard, perhaps not even being heard at all.

"We have said 'no'. Clearly the Irish people are concerned about the rape of their democracy and loss of their national sovereignty.

Jason Smith, chairman, UK Independence Party, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

SIR – I would like to thank Malcolm Chapman for his continued support and information that UKIP have nine MEPs (Your Letters, July 30).

Indeed we do, and this is from an original slate of 12 MEPs elected in the last EU elections.

The reason we now have nine MEPs is that, unlike the other parties, if we get any ‘bad apples’, we kick them out like the rotten fruit they are.

It is also worth noting that UKIP are the only party that democratically elects their Euro MEP lists, all other parties’ MEP candidates are ‘selected’ from incumbent MEPs and politically-correct shortlists.

Mr Chapman states that UKIP policy is to vote ‘no’, abstain or not turn up in the chamber of the EU.

Our policy is very simple, we vote against any legislation that is not in our country’s national interest, we’re the only party that does this.

If the people of Yorkshire actually knew how their Labour, Tory and Lib-Dem MEPs voted, they would be absolutely horrified!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

Sir, As the debate on climate change rages on, I thought I should offer some information.

I have recently seen graphs of sunspot activity and there is to my mind a direct correlation between sun spot activity and rising Earth temperate. If you look at the spikes of sunspot activity and temperature peaks they are almost identical.

Coincidence, I think not.
Has anyone else noticed how the government has changed the terminology on this subject?

First it was ‘global warming’, and now it is ‘climate change’. Does anyone else think this is interesting? Of course if the globe is not currently warming then global warming doesn’t work does it?

Of course you are safer with the term ‘climate change’ - how could you disagree with this, obviously the climate is going to change with the seasons?

I wonder what the forecast is for the government in the next couple of years? Lets hope its reign ending!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury. Bradford

SIR – I feel I must pick up Bob Cannell on a few points (Your Letters, July 25). Mr Cannell begins his letter with a statement that the “EU Commission is too powerful and unaccountable”: this is, of course correct.

But he claims the EU constitution/ Lisbon Treaty would transfer powers from the Commission to the EU Parliament: this is, of course, not correct. The Lisbon Treaty only serves to make member states less powerful with more veto losses in important areas.

The treaty’s self-amending clause allows the EU to change existing legislation on a whim. Not exactly protecting our interests, is it?

Mr Cannell congratulates the EU for forcing our elected government to implement regulations that might not be in our country’s interest and to force us to act on green issues.

Firstly, most of the regulations that come from the EU actually hurt business, especially small business, and as for green issues, many top scientists still do not accept the EU’s version of ‘climate change’. Even if EU law was good for our country, and in most cases it isn’t, what right has an unelected government to dictate to our elected government?

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury. Bradford

I HAVE heard many people giving David Cameron kudos over his stance on automatic prison sentences for knife crime. Which is, of course, a very good policy, possibly a first for David.

Maybe Mr Cameron should have considered “knives” a few months ago when he was going around “hugging hoodies”; that could have been rather dangerous!

What is amazing about the David Cameron PR machine is that anyone actually believes any of it; or maybe people just have short-term memories. If sheep follow New Labour then goldfish must follow David Cameron’s Tories!

SIR – I would like to correct Malcolm Chapman (T&A, July 16) when he claims UKIP’s sole objective is to destroy Europe.

Of course we do not want to destroy Europe – why would we want to destroy a continent of which we are part of? We want to withdraw from the European Union, which is a lot different to destroying it.

If other countries are happy to lose their sovereignty, their liberties and billions of pounds a year for nothing in return, then that is their business. Our only concern is for our country and people.

From my experience, and I move in many different circles, people are very concerned about it, especially people who have knowledge of how the EU works.

Mr Chapman says people are concerned instead about lack of jobs, rising prices etc.

Well, a lack of jobs is a direct result of the EU’s open-door immigration policy, rising food prices are not helped by the EU’s policy of paying farmers for not growing crops, and EU membership costs each family £60 per week, which would help families who are struggling financially.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

SIR – Brian Holmans is surprised that UKIP and the Lib Dems agree on 42 days detention (T&A, July 10).

I too am surprised that the Lib Dems are against this issue as they have become ‘part time’ Libertarians, defending our freedoms when it suits them.

The Lib Dems might claim to be against 42 days detention, but they are in favour, for example, of the EU arrest warrant which allows people to be extradited to other European countries without a shred of evidence.

These people then get ‘lost’ in the EU, but the Lib Dems don’t seem to be concerned about that.

The Lib Dems keep hammering on about how they are opposed to ID cards yet they refuse to talk about the proposed EU-wide ID card.

I wonder if our Lib Dem councillors have any comments? One thing is clear, if it’s a choice between our freedoms and the EU, then we know where the Lib Dems’ priorities lie, and it is not with our civil liberties.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

SIR – I would like to thank Mr Malcolm Chapman for his ‘Vote Jason Smith’ endorsement (T&A, July 8), alas, I fear, I shall not win the ‘Bore of the Year’ trophy as there is some fierce competition from other T&A letter writers. Mr Chapman then continues his tirade with “UKIP are a joke”.

I’d just like to offer Mr Chapman a little background as he sometimes struggles with his facts. The UK Independence Party is the UK’s fourth largest political party. We had 12 MEPs elected in the 2004 Elections where we beat the Lib Dems in to fourth place, and that was from a standing start.

We have two members of the House of Lords and recently have gained our first MP in Westminster. Not bad for a party only 15 years old. To many people this would be considered a meteoric rise. Mr Chapman ends his rant saying that I do not live in the real world. Well, I would prefer to live in a world of independence rather than his version of 1984, thanks very much.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Sir, I have heard many people giving David Cameron kudos over his stance on automatic prison sentences for knife crime. Which is of course is a very good policy, possibly a first for David.
Maybe Mr Cameron should have considered 'knives' a few months ago when he was going around “hugging hoodies”, that could have been rather dangerous! What is amazing about the David Cameron’s PR machine is that anyone actually believes any of it, or maybe people just have short-term memories. If sheep follow New Labour then goldfish must follow David Cameron’s Tories!

Freedoms at stake

SIR – I seem to have hit a nerve with Malcolm Chapman (T&A, July 3) with my questions to him on 42 days’ detention.

He managed to avoid answering my questions, instead answering with, “who do I think I am?” and “do I know how parliament works?”

If Mr Chapman reads any newspapers he will know who I am and I am very proud to speak for UKIP, the party of freedom.

I would like to reassure Mr Chapman that I am quite familiar with our parliament, as I visited Brussels just the other year and I can tell him it is a monstrosity devoid of logic and democracy.

Mr Chapman seems to think because 42-day detention was passed this is ‘end of story’ – it was voted in, it must be right then?

Presumably Mr Chapman supports the war in Iraq as that was also ‘voted in’? Mr Chapman would be better served actually looking into these issues rather than regurgitating the sound bites he hears from the media.

Of course terrorism is an issue but, the question is, should we sacrifice our long-held freedoms to ‘protect ourselves’ from them?

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

Wide of the mark

SIR – Stuart Baker suggests that UKIP are highly likely to be wiped out in the upcoming European elections (T&A, July 8) It seems from his comment that Mr Baker has little knowledge of politics, as if he had he would have known that in the previous European (EU) elections, UKIP gained 12 MEPs with very little media coverage.

We finished in third place in those elections, pushing the most pro-EU party, the Lib-Dems, into fourth place.

With their third-place finish last time, UKIP will receive good media coverage in the next elections on a par with the Conservatives and New Labour, and probably more publicity considering UKIP is the only party in UK politics proposing we govern ourselves.

Should Mr Baker ever venture out of his pro-EU cocoon, he would find that the vast majority of the public, both left and right, are worried about our country’s loss of sovereignty.

In a line that could have been delivered from an EU Commissioner, Mr Baker claims “Ireland did not say ‘no’ per se to Europe”.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

SIR – I would like to respond to Bob Churchill (Letters, June 2), who opens his letter saying that due to Derren Brown and the “scientific revolution” most people know that mediumship and psychics are a fabrication. Of course that is his opinion and he in entitled to it but it is one that is not shared by everybody. Just because somebody does not believe in something, it does not make it untrue, or indeed fraudulent

Mr Churchill accuses me of jumping on a bandwagon to push my agenda; presumably my agenda is my desire to live in a free country and to be governed by an elected government in the UK. He seems to be implying that I have no knowledge of mediums and psychics. On the contrary I have had considerable exposure to these kinds of people and have found most to be decent people whose only mission in life is to help and guide others. Most mediums’ business comes via word of mouth, so bad mediums would tend not to survive anyway. I just wonder what was wrong with the 1951 Fraudulent Mediums Act. It seems to have served us well for more than 50 years.

Treaty tribulations

SIR – I would like to reply to Richard Corbett MEP regarding his comments on Ireland’s ‘No’ vote (T&A, July 1).

Mr Corbett believes we need to find a solution acceptable to all 27 EU states and he suggests Ireland must have a ‘profound internal debate to identify what they don’t like’.

Maybe they didn’t like the EU Lisbon Treaty and its subsequent erosion of their country’s sovereignty?

Mr Corbett advises he wants to see a ‘compromise’ – I would like to remind him that the Lisbon Treaty states it has to be passed by every member state in order to become law. It’s very simple; maybe Mr Corbett should revisit the treaty’s text.

Mr Corbett adds we must respect the Irish result. Then why did he and his EU federalist colleagues vote against Lisbon Treaty amendment 32 which asked that the European Parliament ‘undertake to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland’?

Maybe Mr Corbett would care to explain that to the people of Yorkshire, who he has allegedly been elected to serve?

It is clear that the EU fears democracy; bring on the EU elections in 2009 and let this be the UK’s referendum on the Lisbon Treaty!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

More housemates

SIR – As a fan of Big Brother – the reality show, not the ‘Neo’ Labour policy of control – I’d like to offer Paul Collins (T&A, June 26) some suggestions for his Big Brother house.

How about demoted Tory councillor Andrew Mallinson and his nemesis, Kris Hopkins? I wonder how Kris Hopkins would enjoy being evicted?

Why not extend the invitations to other political figures? Let’s put Maud Marshall in there, to share some quality time with Bradford businessman John Pennington, so they can discuss the pros and cons of demolishing other historic Bradford landmarks.

I would also be interested to see one of our Shipley Green councillors meet up in the house with my colleague Philip Bird to discuss global warming, although I suspect their debates might get drowned out by the constant tweeting birds and, ironically, the many planes flying overhead! You always need a poor, hopeless case in there, so we’d have to send in one of our Labour councillors, and no Big Brother house would be complete without Yorkshire MEP Richard Corbett and his anti-UK ramblings.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

We need freedom

SIR – I see Malcolm Chapman has been sucked in to the Government’s climate of fear regarding 42 days detention without trial (T&A, June 18).

In Mr Chapman’s world, anyone who is accused of anything should be locked up indefinably, and we’ll worry about it later.

I’m sure he would be happy living in a country such as China, but personally I would prefer to live in a free country.

Would Mr Chapman be happy to see his family locked up for 42 days, then released without trial?

I say, if we have evidence that somebody is a terrorist, then lock them up for as long as it takes.

If you can’t find any evidence after a week of so, it probably means there isn’t any.

I reject the notion that we have to sacrifice some of our freedoms in order to protect us from terrorists, after all, are we not supposed to be fighting the terrorists to protect our freedom?

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

SIR – Brian Holmans has asked me to provide an example of how 42 days’ detention without charge affects our civil liberties (T&A, June 20).

I would have thought that was obvious; surely being imprisoned without being charged deprives anyone of their basic rights.

If you are arresting somebody, surely you have some evidence of something. Or are they just being arrested on the off chance they might actually commit a crime down the line?

In Britain, are you not supposed to be innocent until proved guilty, not the other way around?

Mr Holmans adds that if we want to live in a country without civil rights we need to look no further than China or Zimbabwe – of course, that’s right, so why then are we trying to emulate their draconian laws?

Laws such as 42 days’ detention without trial could be a dangerous weapon in the hands of an undemocratic, fascist government.

Some might say we are well on the way to that, when you consider virtually all our laws are made in the undemocratic parliament in Brussels.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

SIR – What a result on Friday when the Irish said no to the EU's Lisbon Treaty, 862,415 votes to 752,451. Declan Ganley, of the anti-treaty lobby group Libertas, said: “It is a great day for Irish democracy,” while, unsurprisingly, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he didn’t think this was a vote against the EU.

So where does this leave the EU treaty? Well, this treaty requires that all member states ratify it before it can come into force. You might well think the treaty is dead but remember: this is the old EU Constitution, which was resurrected, like a zombie with a new wardrobe - could we be set for another resurrection?

It is also important to note that amendment 32 of the Lisbon Treaty, which asked that the European Parliament 'undertake to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland' was rejected by the EU, 499 MEPs voted against, only 129 voted in favour of this motion, and 33 abstentions.

42-day vote woes

SIR - Another nail was hammered in to the coffin containing our freedoms on Wednesday by the very authoritarian 'Neo' Labour Party.

The horrific vote and affront to common sense was won by only nine votes, with the balance being tipped by the nine Democratic Unionist MPs who were seemingly convinced to support the Government at the 11th hour.

As usual, our resident Bradford MPs, Sutcliffe, Singh and Rooney, also known as the 'three little sheep', supported this bill.

A total of 36 MPs rebelled, including our neighbouring Halifax MP, Linda Riordan - hats off to her!

I wonder how our three MPs would respond to being locked up in their sheep pens for 42 days without a trial?

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

European army spells danger

POLISH MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, head of the EU's foreign affairs committee, has called for it to spend more money on an EU army.

He has said that EU foreign policy will move "from one era to another" thanks to the Lisbon Treaty with its foreign minister, diplomatic service and states' co-operation on defence.

There are already reservations in some states. German representatives are concerned that the army could go beyond the role of a peacekeeping force and in Britain there is reluctance by some to move towards an EU army.

These concerns might well fall on deaf ears as the EU foreign affairs committee is suggesting that the parliament, rather than the EU states, would have the final say on deployment under its flag.

The French have said that the beefing up of the military will be a key part of their EU presidency.

What a dangerous proposal that our troops could be deployed in areas of the world without the consent of our Government and EU troops could be deployed in the UK as a rapid reaction force to deal with civil unrest in our country.

Jason Smith, (Chairman, UK Independence Party, Bradford), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury.

Halifax Courier, 12/06/08

Influential journalist Philip Stephens has let the cat out of the Tory bag. He has revealed that David Cameron considers the EU to be in seventh or eighth place on his list of campaigning priorities.

He also claims that "Cameron will be as relieved as Brown when the Queen finally attaches her assent to Britain's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty".

We must never forget that the Tories are as fundamentally Europhile as either Labour or Lib Dems. They just pretend otherwise.

Jason Smith, (Chairman, UK Independence Party, Bradford), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury.

Halifax Courier, 02/06/08

A simple question

SIR - Unlike the House of Commons, the House of Lords have been having a proper debate on the Treaty of Lisbon (EU Constitution). UKIP Lords had proposed an amendment calling for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.

You would have thought the Lib-Dem Lords would have been first in line to support this amendment as it is, after all, the Lib-Dems' party line. Indeed they voted against their manifesto promise of giving the people a referendum on the 'treaty' for this reason, because they believed the question should be one of 'in or out'.

Rather than support this amendment for a referendum on 'in or out of the EU', the Lib-Dems once again abstained, showing what a totally dishonest party they really are.

Jason Smith (UK Independence Party Bradford chairman), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Euro law could stop mediums' work

LAST month we saw representatives of British mediums marching up Downing Street in protest at the Government's decision to repeal the 1951 Fraudulent Mediums Act in favour of a new EU directive.
The current legislation guarantees spiritual mediums legal protection, penalising only those who seek to deceive the public. The fear is that this EU directive will not afford good mediums legal protection, which could see them taken to court if the client does not believe or want to accept the information given.
Whether you believe in mediumship or not, it must surely be right that they are allowed to practice their religion.
This legislation could see the end of the work of many mediums who often give comfort to people who are grieving for loved ones. I have found most mediums to be decent people, their work often being a labour of love.
It also begs the question as to why we are repealing laws that have been in effect for many years and have served us well. The answer is, of course, because the EU says so.
I see the EU heading for troubled times!

Jason Smith, (Chairman, UK Independence Party, Bradford), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury.

Sir -Last month we saw representatives of the British mediums marching up Downing Street in protest at the Government's decision to repeal the 1951 Fraudulent Mediums Act in favour of a new EU directive.

The current legislation guarantees spiritual mediums legal protection, penalising only those who seek to deceive the public. The fear is that this EU directive will not afford good mediums legal protection which could see them taken to court if the client does not want to accept the information given.

Terror laws are trouble for Brown

SIR - Hot on the heels of abolishing the 10p tax band, essentially robbing the poor to give to the richer, Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks set to continue his downward spiral in to political oblivion.

Mr Brown's next, probably unsuccessful, attack will be on our civil liberties, and his umpteenth attempt to extend the length of time terrorist suspects can be locked up without trial, from 28 days to 42 days.

Of course, Mr Brown and his henchmen will tell you that this is only to be used against terrorists, but they won't tell you that the terror laws' are so broad that almost anyone could be classed as a terrorist' these days.

New Labour's line between citizen and terrorist has become blurred of late. Terror laws have been used to arrest peace protestors and spy on families and children.

The fact that we already hold people longer than most other countries and the lack of any justification whatever for this extension, doesn't seem to be stopping Mr Brown and his followers from further eroding our rights.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

WIRRAL Council have announced that in order to "encourage" recycling, anyone who does not recycle will be fined £100, they all also considering fines for people who continually leave their bins out on the pavement.

There have been a number of stories where people have been fined and even charged for the "heinous" crime of leaving their bin lid a few inches open.

The comments of David Green, Wirral's aptly-named director of technical services, were very telling: "This is not just about saving the environment, which is obviously very important, but it is also about keeping council tax costs down."

I would suggest this "rubbish" policy is all to do with keeping council costs down. Councils are no doubt concerned about the impending multi-million pound fines, which will be levied against them as a result of the EU Landfills Directive, and since they have been hit by the EU big stick, they now intend to hit us in return.

Instead of fining people for not recycling, I would like to see tax incentives that reward people for recycling rather than reprimanding them.

Tribunal victory

SIR - There was a victory for the people last week when the House of Commons lost its High Court battle against the decision to force the disclosure of MPs expenses.

The Commons claimed the Information Tribunal's demand for disclosure of a detailed receipt-by-receipt breakdown of expenses for 14 MPs, including Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron was "unlawfully intrusive".

Thankfully, the Tribunal voted against the MPs in favour of their accountability. The Commons also failed to overturn the demand that MPs addresses could not be published. The Commons believed this should not happen on security grounds.

I think this decision was pretty fair, after all, the majority of our addresses, and indeed personal details, are almost certainly in the public domain thanks to the Government losing our personal data.

The High Court ruling has made it clear that in a democracy, it is the people who are the masters and politicians must be directly accountable to them, something I think most politicians have forgotten!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Your article Regeneration chief is sacked in row' (T&A, May 14) was a great insight in to the workings of City Hall and how the old parties operate.

Conservative leader Kris Hopkins's firing of regeneration chief Andrew Mallinson because of his 'disloyalty' just shows what life is like in the Tories and, I suspect, New Labour.

If Coun Mallinson had have been fired because of the lack of regeneration in Bradford, then I would be applauding Mr Hopkins.

But this was not the case, the reason being was Coun Mallinson had the audacity to mount a challenge for the deputy leadership. It seems whether you do a good job or not does not matter, it is if you are willing to 'tow the line' and be a sheep.

I have been very unimpressed with Coun Mallinson's lack of city centre regeneration, but I was impressed that he had the guts to speak out against Coun Hopkins, who seemingly is the epitome of a career politician.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

TRUST the European Union to be all flash and no substance (Yorkshire Post, May 7). Back in March, empty promises were made that the Solidarity Fund would pour £110m into flood-hit areas.

For once, we mistakenly thought that we were "getting a little bit back". Well indeed we are, but the "little bit" has now drained away to "a tiny bit" – about one third of what was promised.

I do hope that all flood victims and fair minded people will remember this when the EU elections come around.

Gotta have faith?

SIR - Tony Blair, he's such a comedian! Apparently, he plans to set up a Tony Blair Faith Foundation', which he hopes will bring different faiths together.

You really would struggle to find anyone less suitable for these roles than Tony. What's next? Robert Mugabe winning the Nobel Peace Prize?

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

I FULLY endorse FIFA's proposal of quotas of foreign players in football clubs, which suggests that they should allow no more than five non-nationals on the pitch at any time.
To me this is the only way we are going to promote and develop our young footballers, which might lead in time to our national team actually winning something, or at the very least qualifying for a championship.

The FIFA decision is expected to conflict with European Union law which says you cannot discriminate on workers based on their nationality.

In terms of English football, FIFA versus the EU could be a very interesting game, let us hope for the sake of our national game that FIFA soundly defeat them.

A friend recently asked "why can't the EU just go away", or words to that effect.

JASON SMITH, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, BRADFORD

£50bn cost of Britain

According to Budget figures Britain will give the EU £6.1 billion next year, after rebate and after deduction of grants from our contribution.
In 2009-10 the net will be £6.4 billion.
I consider myself compassionate, ever ready to lend help to charities dealing with the Third World.
I am not so happy to learn that these massive increases are largely to help Bulgaria and Rumania – not exactly Third World, just poorer than us.
Even these enormous figures are dwarfed by the £50 billion-plus a year cost of membership of the EU when all factors are considered.

The latest chuckle came from the revelation that Bradford South MP and Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe didn't actually mean what he said – or was it that he didn't know what he was meant to say?

Mr Sutcliffe was quoted as saying that alcohol tax hikes were wrong, which has now been amended to alcohol tax hikes were right!

This is not uncharacteristic of Gerry Sutcliffe as, when I stood against him in 2005, he stood on a manifesto commitment to give people a vote on the EU constitution treaty. He recently voted against us being able to have such a vote.

Mr Sutcliffe claims that he is a "champion of the pub trade; is that why his party voted to ban smoking in pubs?

If you were a pub "champion" would you not have allowed pubs to have a smoking room or smoking area?

I am not a smoker myself but I believe pubs should be allowed to choose whether to have a smoking area or not.

Jason Smith, (Chairman, UK Independence Party, Bradford), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

If You listened to the power-crazed Labour Party you might well believe anyone who opposes the EU is either a xenophobe, mentally ill or worse.

The reality is many people, from different parties, oppose the undemocratic super state.For example, an MP recently said of the EU: "As Europe (the EU) has grown, it has become less democratic and more centralised. Legislation is not properly scrutinised. It has its own momentum, overriding both national and European Parliaments."

He continues: "For the sake of democracy, I must oppose this treaty and support calls for a referendum on it."

This is not a quote from one of my UKIP colleagues, a Euro-sceptic Tory, or a lunatic. It was from Lib Dem MP Richard Younger-Ross, shadow minister for culture, media and sport, who is also a member of the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee.

Let us hope that some of Mr Younger-Ross's colleagues also take the time to study the EU and will wake up to its dangers.

Isn't it bizarre that the Liberal Democrats claim to be the party of democracy yet they are so fanatically in favour of the very undemocratic EU?

April fools?

SIR - How ironic is it that once again it is the appointed House of Lords who are standing up for the people of Britain?

On April 1, the House of Lords' Economic Affairs Committee published a report rejecting the Government's argument that a high level of immigration is of economic benefit to the UK.

Their report stated that while the level of immigration in recent years has raised GDP it has had no positive impact on the living standards of the existing population and has seen reduced living standards of the low waged.

When the Government claims mass immigration is good for our economy, what they actually mean is that mass immigration is good for business leaders.

When this issue was brought up on Question Time, the old parties spokesman looked confused and frightened, but they all agreed on one policy "we cannot limit immigrants from the EU".

Was that an admission that the UK is no longer a sovereign country, or was that just an admission of their lack of backbone?

The old 'mass-immigration' parties have proved that even in the light of this damning report, they are not prepared to stand up for the people.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

WRONG TO KEEP 'INNOCENT' DNA

Robin Downs welcomes a DNA database (Scunthorpe Telegraph, March 27) and seems to support the Government line we must sacrifice some of your freedoms in order to have security.

Morally I think the case for keeping non-criminals' DNA is wrong. Why should law-abiding citizens' DNA be stored by the Government? The Government is elected to serve us, not the other way around. I wonder, could we trust our Government to not sell or misuse this information?

Aside from the moral issues, DNA can very easily be passed from person to person and can be intentionally dropped at crime scenes, by way of say a cigarette butt, to implicate somebody else.

Would Mr Downs be as willing to accept prosecution for a crime he did not commit, just based on DNA evidence?

If a national DNA database came into being, it would surely only be a matter of time before our DNA was added to the ID cards' National Identity Register. This then opens up a whole can of worms where people could be refused certain medical care due to certain genetic traits.

SIR - Re your report "Landfill tax should help fund recycling" (T&A, March 24). People might wonder why the Government is fining councils for creating rubbish.

The simple answer is the Government is doing what it has been told by the EU government in Brussels. This is all about EU regulation 1999/31, the EU Landfill Directive.

The EU has set a limit of how much rubbish we can send to landfill, and our Government will be fined for any additional rubbish it sends, which will be passed down to the individual councils.

This cost will inevitably be passed down to us via increased council tax and with fines of £13 million per year, this could be very costly for everyone.

ACCORDING to Budget figures, Britain will give the EU £6.1bn next year, after rebate and after deduction of grants from our contribution. (In 2009-10, the net will be £6.4bn.)

I consider myself compassionate, ever ready to help charities dealing with the Third World. I am not so happy to learn that these massive increases are largely to help Bulgaria and Romania – not exactly the Third World, just poorer than us.

These figures are enormous but dwarfed by the £50bn-plus that membership of the EU costs annually when all factors are considered.

Treaty ‘lowlights’

SIR - Mr John Hall is struggling to understand people's apprehension over the EU constitution, sorry, Lisbon Treaty (T&A, March 25).

This is entirely understandable as the Treaty was meant to be unreadable. In fact, many MPs have openly admitted they do not fully understand it, although if you have met any MPs, that might not surprise you!

For the benefit of Mr Hall, here are the 'lowlights' of the "treaty".

The EU (Constitution) Lisbon Treaty establishes a legally new European Union in the constitutional form of a supranational European State.

It empowers this new European Union to act as a state.

It makes us all citizens of this new European Union.

It creates a Union Parliament for the Union's new citizens.

It creates a Cabinet Government of the new Union.

It creates a new Union political president, possibly Tony Blair!

It creates a civil rights code for the new Union's citizens.

Most importantly, it makes national parliaments subordinate to the new Union and gives the new Union self-empowerment powers.

I hope, now, Mr Hall understands people's apprehension towards the EU constitution.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Freedom to vote

SIR - The suggestion that 12 Ministers could quit over the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill highlights an interesting situation, not just about embryo research but about free votes in Parliament.

New Labour is increasingly looking like a dictatorial party, three-line whips and MP intimidation are commonplace.

I can see times when an MP might be forced to vote with his party, for example if the policy in question was a part of the party's manifesto, which the MP signed up to and stood at an election supporting.

In these cases I believe it is right that MPs vote as they collectively pledged. Of course it is also their right to defy the party and pay the consequences if they wish.

On moral issues such as embryo research, an issue which I do not believe was in their manifesto, I fully support the MPs' right to vote with their conscience or the collective conscience of their constituents.

I personally would vote against this Bill, as I believe it is morally wrong, but I would support an individual's right to vote with their conscience and so should Gordon Brown!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Obesity reasons

SIR - I am once again amazed by the lengths to which the Government will go to intrude into our lives and attempt to control every part of it.

There are increasing instances where social workers are threatening to take children in to care because they claim they are obese.

I am not condoning families who have fat children but as a therapist I have to say there can be other reasons why children could be obese. A child's mental state contributes to this - maybe this is something that social workers should be looking into?

Indeed in one such case the parents claim all their children's food is home-cooked and they are not fed any junk food.

Why are children not removed from families where violence, suicide and drugs abuse are present but are removed when the children are overweight?

My tip for any parent of obese children would be to buy them a Nintendo Wii. They will be slim and trim in no time at all!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

National pride

Sir, I believe Attorney General Lord Goldsmith was right to suggest that all children should swear oaths of allegiance to our Queen and country (T&A March 12), although I would like to think all our citizens would be willing to swear allegiance.

Councillor David Ward believes this might put “unfair pressure on young people”.

I do not think our children are that fragile and I would worry is anybody would not be wiling swear allegiance. Surly if all children in Bradford did this, would it not send a message out to the population of Bradford saying that we are all stand together and are proud to be British citizens?

Of course this alone will not address the issues of loss of national pride. This needs to be tackled in schools, where children should be taught about our great history and our many great people, instead of being conditioned to believe being proud of your country and its history is wrong.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury. Bradford

SIR - I couldn't agree more with Peter Bolton (T&A, March 13) with regard to controlling our population numbers.

We are heading for troubled times in Britain, because of our spiralling population, due both to immigration and population explosions.

I fear we shall soon be experiencing higher food prices as the demand for food rises. The EU's common agricultural policy, which, ironically, financially rewards farmers for not growing crops, is also not helping.

I believe the next thing we will be told is that we need to accept GM foods, which can produce better crop yields but which also brings with it many health concerns.

The easy solution is to take back control of our borders, but the old parties have not got the bottle to do that. The other alternative is to change the tax system so it is not financially beneficial to have numerous children.

All this is immaterial though as the Regional Assembly, which controls policy in Yorkshire, believes Bradford's soaring population is positive.

Of course a massive population benefits big business, but does not benefit the residents of Bradford who see their green land disappearing.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

The latest instalment of what is increasingly looking like a New Labour stand-up comedy show was based around rendition flights - or 'torture' flights to the man in the street. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Prime Minister Tony Blair stated on numerous occasions there was 'no evidence' rendition flights had stopped on UK territory. The scene moves to 2008 with current Foreign Secretary David Miliband announcing 'Let me put this in a slightly different way; yes, there is (evidence)'.

The show would be funny if it was fictional, but unfortunately we are talking about real life and serious issues.

I hear Tony Blair is preparing to star in a new comedy show entitled 'EU President'. That is sure to be a ratings disaster!

Rooftop protesters made a point

I HAD to laugh when I saw Plane Stupid protesting on the roof of the Houses of Parliament.

How ironic that it was the Government that initially whipped up fear that the end is nigh due to climate change and it is the Government that is suffering because people are taking action to prevent it!

While I do not subscribe to the view of Plane Stupid that we are doomed due to climate change, I think the group made a very good point in relation to the Government, that being that the Government has been corrupted.

The protesters claim that documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act prove that BAA wrote parts of the consultation document and that the Government had already decided to build a third runway and a sixth terminal at Heathrow.

This exhibition of free speech also brings up another question: with the Government's obsession with terrorism how were the protestors allowed to gain access to the Parliament building?

Maybe if the Government spent as much time on monitoring our sensitive buildings as it does on monitoring innocent people through its obsession with CCTV, ID cards and databases, we might not see these security breaches.

Jason Smith, (Chairman, UK Independence Party, Bradford), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury.

No vote for us

SIR - I would like to name and shame our three Bradford MPs who voted last week to deny their constituents of Bradford and the UK a vote on the EU Lisbon Treaty, more commonly known as the EU Constitution.

Gerry Sutciffe, Terry Rooney and Marsha Singh all voted against the amendment to allow a referendum on the EU treaty, even though they were elected at the last general election on a manifesto promise that they would grant the people a vote on this very important constitutional issue.

These people are not interested in listening to the public, at least not until the next election, when they will all come out of the woodwork and pledge more things they have no intention of delivering.

I was pleasantly surprised to see 14 Lib-Dem MPs defy their leader and a three-line whip and vote to allow the people a voice. Remember, the Lib-Dems also promised a referendum on the EU treaty.

People are notorious for having short memories, but I hope the people of Bradford will remember the betrayal by their MPs. Maybe we should all refuse to cast votes for them in return.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Sir, As a former resident of Wibsey I was very interested to see the Last Orders documentary centered around the Wibsey Working Mens club.

The documentary highlighted just how isolated many people in the villages of Bradford feel. If you visit any pub in any village you will hear the same kind of things, but of course our ward councilors do not want to accept this.

The documentary rightly highlighted Bradford as a “segregated” city and “an experiment in multiculturalism”, an experiment I and thousands believe has failed, miserably.

The residents felt betrayed by Labour, formally the party of the working man, but now the party of immigration and low wages. Labour councilors should not be “disappointed”, they should be thoroughly ashamed!

Bradford’s problems are not going to be solved by a ‘mirror pool’, but by tough decisions. We urgently need to bring back a sense of fairness to Bradford where its entire people are treated equally.

If the council fail to act then the extremists from both sides will continue to gain support and that is a place nobody wants to go.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury.

Change the law

SIR - I read with interest the article Rise in birth defects is top priority' (T&A, February 14) relating to marrying first cousins.

MP Ann Cryer called for community leaders to encourage debate to move more families away from marriages between cousins. I would like to see the Government go further.

If the evidence is there that marrying cousins increases the chances of having children with disabilities, which it seems it is, then the practice should be outlawed.

Once the Government has given in to public pressure to outlaw forced marriage, which in itself is probably at least partly responsible for people marrying cousins, the next stage must be to make the marrying of cousins illegal.

The hurdle for the Government is going to be their and the EU's support of multiculturalism, which allows these traditions to operate.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Cameron is just talking tough

I WAS interested to read that David Cameron has denounced forced marriages.
Of course, Mr Cameron is correct; the 300 cases a year are almost certainly the tip of the iceberg and it is a disgrace that New Labour allows this vile tradition to operate in Britain.
It is always nice to see Mr Cameron borrowing another one of our policies but I wonder if anyone actually believes that he believes this?
I think the real reason for the announcement is more to do with Cameron's thought that the city is vital in his party's battle to win the next General Election.
Even if Mr Cameron was going to follow through on outlawing forced marriages, then he would still have to go cap in hand to the EU and ask if he could do it. Remember, by 2009 we are governed by the parliament in Brussels.
How genuine is David Camer-on? Well, even though his party is trying to talk tough on the EU treaty he has categorically refused to hold a referendum on the EU should his party come in to power. I think there lies the answer.

Jason Smith, (chairman, UK Independence Party, Bradford), Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

It Was good to see the killer of Sally Anne Bowman brought to justice, but I cannot support calls to have every citizen's DNA stored on a national database.

The detective who led the investigation said because the killer Mark Dixie's DNA was on the existing database and he was convicted through DNA technology, it justifies recording everyone's DNA. Firstly, this killer was already on the DNA database because presumably he had previously committed a crime.

Having a convicted criminal's DNA is perfectly acceptable, but should innocent people also be treated like criminals?

Let us also remember, just because DNA is a match, it is not conclusive proof of anything.

DNA can easily be passed from person to person by simply brushing by them and there is even a suggestion some criminals intentionally drop other people's DNA at crime scenes.

And before everybody starts writing in and saying 'if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear', just consider this.

If you subscribe to that view, then would you be willing to have a microchip implanted in your body to track you? This would also reduce crime, but would also severely reduce your freedom!

More ‘evidence’

SIR - Brian Holmans argues that I never provide evidence against the dangers of the EU (T&A, February 25). I would take issue with that but let me offer some evidence' for Mr Holmans to chew over. The EU is clearly undemocratic. Legislation can only be proposed by the EU Commission which is appointed rather than elected. The only body elected is the EU parliament and it has no legislative power. It could also be argued we do not vote for MEPs themselves, as we vote for the party rather than the person.

The EU is essentially run via big business though their lobbying of the legislative body, the Commission. A good example of this is the draconian food legislation from the EU. We have already seen hundreds of safe, natural health remedies banned to make way for the big pharmaceuticals' synthetic alternatives.

Then you've got the EU's wealth of draconian legislation. There are too many to mention but they include the EU arrest warrant where you can be extradited to another EU country with no evidence and then there's the EU ID card which the old parties won't tell you about!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

Mosquitos not answer

I WAS concerned to hear that the Spen Valley area committee has granted funding for two more "mosquito" devices.
I totally support the ban on these devices as proposed by children’s commissioner Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green as I don’t believe this is the right way to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Apparently these devices can only be heard by people under the age of 25, so are Kirklees Council saying that everyone under 25 is a nuisance?

If you listened to the media you might well think this is the case, but of course it’s not true, the majority of young people are decent and law abiding.

As these devices seems to have more affect on younger people, has anyone wondered what effect these might have on babies or small children, or are these areas to be “no-go” for people with young children?

The reality is, these devices will not stop anti-social behaviour, they will just relocate it.

Instead of purchasing more mosquitoes, wouldn’t it be better for Kirklees council to increase the police presence in these troubled areas?

Wrong solution to dental problems

SIR - I shook my head when I read Minister reopens fluoride debate' (T&A, February 5). Isn't this the same debate they opened last year and the year before?

MP Alan Johnson said: "Whenever the public are tested on this question, they believe there should be fluoridation".

This is completely at odds with the truth; in every area where fluoridation has been proposed the people have soundly rejected it.

On the health implications Mr Johnson said: "There is absolutely no clinical evidence whatsoever that links fluoridation with anything other than fluorosis".

That is untrue. Indeed, water fluoridation has been linked to skeletal fluorosis, bone cancer, bladder cancer, but most worryingly, in China's human studies, they found damage to brain tissue.

Even if this wasn't true, the minister admitted water fluoridation caused (dental) fluorosis which is damage to the teeth enamel? So rather than improve dental hygiene fluoridation does the opposite.

The government claims the teeth of children in Bradford and Airedale are in a very bad state. If that is true, could I suggest they ensure everybody in the district can have access to a dentist.

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury

I WAS concerned to read that forced marriages in Bradford had topped 400 last year, it was even suggested that the figure could be much higher.

The article highlighted a case of a 14 year old girl who was “married off”. As she was under age, I would hope the girl’s family and groom were prosecuted, as this clearly is not acceptable in our culture. It really is about time the government acted to stop this foul tradition as the once- tolerant British society is beginning to lose its rag.

Forced marriage is just another by-product of the destructive policies of multiculturalism, letting minority groups play by their own rules is clearly not a good idea. Could we imagine how much worse this might get if we introduced some aspects of Sharia Law in to Britain as some are proposing?

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) in Bradford has called for the resignation of the boss of the city's regeneration company.
Following a heated meeting earlier this week when Bradford Centre Regeneration (BCR) chiefs clashed with members of the public over plans for the city centre, UKIP wants to see BCR chief executive, Maud Marshall, step down from her post because of what it calls "BCR's failure to deliver on their plans to regenerate Bradford."

UKIP Bradford chairman, Jason Smith, was among over 200 people who attended the meeting which included a presentation on the regeneration company's plans for the future and the progress it has made in the past five years.

Mr Smith said: "The presentation was very professional, but it was only a vision of what they intended to deliver – after five years in charge they have achieved virtually nothing of substance in Bradford.

"What kind of business would bulldoze an entire area of the city without any firm assurances of when or if the development could be delivered; this is sheer incompetence on the part of the Bradford Centre Regeneration. Their failure to consider saving the iconic Odeon building goes to prove that their claims of listening to the people of Bradford are simply untrue.

"It was clear from the BCR event that they are no further forward with their regeneration plans and that they have failed miserably to engage the people of Bradford. It is clear that somebody must take responsibility for this debacle."

BCR, which was set up in February 2003 to spearhead the renaissance of the city centre including plans for a multi-million Park at the Heart scheme around the city hall, came under fierce criticism earlier this week.

A spokesperson for Bradford Centre Regeneration, said: "Mr Smith clearly misunderstood the information that was presented on Monday night as he has omitted key elements that were discussed and has made assertions and claims that are factually inaccurate."

The company declined to expand on which part of Mr Smith's claims and assertions it felt were "factually inaccurate."

On Monday, a panel, which included Bradford Council leader Coun Kris Hopkins,BCR chief executive Maud Marshall and regeneration agency Yorkshire Forward's director of environment Jan Anderson, faced heckling and applause as they fielded questions on controversial plans to tear down Bradford's former

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