I have some questions for those who claim to be "for immigration". How much? From where? On what grounds?

There are more - and more complex - questions, of course. However, before I ask the most pressing (for me) question, let me say that I regard true altruism in the same light that I regard leprechaun stories. So my final question is this: On (presumably) unlimited immigration, what's in it for you?

John Blackley, Austin, TX, USA

I would like to think that most ordinary people in this country are not racist, just fed up with the way this government has handled immigration, i.e. opened the door to anybody and everybody regardless of their intention to settle in this country.So we are now in a position where we are becoming overpopulated and crime in areas of heavy immigration is on the rise because alot of the people do not understand or respect our laws. What is wrong with monitoring who is coming into our country and ensuring people are settling here for the right reasons, not because we will house them and hand out benefits. I have just read about the foreign prisoners getting handouts to leave, if an immigrant commits a crime - send them back to the authorities in their own country and make sure they know they are not welcome to come back. Is it me? or is this too obvious to the mighty politician? £4000 to help asylum seekers go home - WHY?

Rachel, Maidstone, Kent

Would someone care to expalin exactly which part of what Enoch, or indeed Nigel Haslow, said is factually incorrect. I certainly can't find even a minor flaw.

Before an onslaught from those "educated" after the 60s, I should point out that "The Tiber, foaming with much blood" was a classical allusion!

Mike Bibby, St Albans, England -not EU

Who cares for pakistan's shirless poors?

People in Pakistan are used to Martial law and emergency. Give them little freedom and you have lal masjid.

Rulers of Pakistan are used to of being thrown out rather than relinquishing their position with diginity and so Musharraf is following their path.Problem is with India. Every now and then they have to deal with new fellow with new team and new ideas.China does not have any problem because chinese do not understand urdu and Pakistanis can not understand Chinese and communicate in sign language.America too does not have a problem because all the head of state in Pakistan have to pay obedience to them.Why people in IUK are so ruffled and worried. Let us clean and polish our democratic and secular set up and make it look even more brighter.
To do this we require guts and have to rise above slogan shouting and by shedding our religious and liguistic bias. It is not easy to do it but sooner we do it better it will be.
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shashi, cardiff,

I disagree. I'd have sacked Mr Hastilow had I been leader of his party, because he would have been risking making me and his party look like a bunch of sad, inadequate racists. Such an image might appeal to the minority of sad, inadequate racists (who oppose immigration), but doesn't appeal to the majority of happy, confident, decent people (who don't have a problem with immigration) who I'd want to be voting for my party.

Matthew, Ringwood, UK