WHILE the main political parties and media spend time debating Iraq, the public's real concerns are being ignored.

People are worried about increasing EU interference, rising crime, record levels of immigration, high taxation and the growing threat to free speech.

This association is the only one that dares to speak out against the rising tide of political correctness and to campaign for free speech, political freedom from Brussels and a change in the law to protect property.

We want an end to the nanny state but most politicians seem determined to avoid debate on all these issues.

Philip J Duly, The Freedom Association.