I've been waiting to see if there has been any comment from the left on the trial of the racist murderers of Kriss Donald. There's been none. The silence is deafening. Kriss Donald was a 15 year school-kid who was attacked in broad daylight, dragged off the streets by a gang who beat him, stabbed him and then set him alight while he was still alive. It is one of the worst racist murders this country has ever seen. So why the silence? The only possible conclusion has to be that it is because Kriss Donald was white and the racists who killed him were Asian.

The only comments from anti-racist campaigners following his murder were to criticise the BNP for trying to cash-in on public anger. Frankly it's sickening. As somebody who has been an active anti-racist for many years, and who has been 'Paki-bashed' and repeatedly suffered from racist abuse as a teenager I find it unforgiveable that the left keeps silent. Imagine if the victim was Asian or black. There would have been no silence then.

Is it any wonder that the BNP and others are able to parade themselves as the voice of the white community? Who appears more humane - them or us? If the only thing the left can do is criticise the BNP instead of attacking the racists who target white people then we're leaving a vacuum that fascists are desperate to fill.

Genuine anti-racism means fighting racists regardless of what race or colour they are. It means siding with the victims of racism, no matter what race they are.

Personally, I hope that Kriss Donald's murderers get put away for a very very long time. A life in prison is still not enough to pay for what they did to that poor kid.