LABOUR'S Margaret Hodge is to be congratulated for her openness and honesty with regard to voters attracted to the BNP.

But some of us have been warning the three main parties of what would happen for a number of years. We are hardly surprised.

I am desperately hoping that the moderate UKIP which has a "firm but fair" immigration policy will attract voters who would otherwise be flocking to extremes, and whose votes certainly deserve to be lost by Labour, Lib Dem and Tory alike.

Les Arnott,

Athelstan Road,

Sheffield.

Updated: 10:21 Tuesday, April 18, 2006