Just a gnat

From the archive, first published Saturday 10th Sep 2005.

OH dear James Gray, here we go again doing your usual contortionist act by opening your mouth and then putting your foot in it.

But what you have failed to remember is that Swindon people are used to your tactless remarks and our response can be best summed up thus: A fly, sir, may sting a stately horse, and make him wince, but one is but an insect and the other is still a stately horse.

D BENFIELD

Covingham Park, Swindon

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