I READ with interest the recent viewpoints between Keith Mitchell and John Tanner and the cheap political points being made between the two of them.

I can imagine those two at the next St Giles’ Fair, in the boxing booth, with Mr Mitchell in the blue corner and Mr Tanner in the red corner and, after three rounds if Mr Mitchell should win on points then Mr Tanner would be green with envy.

COLIN SMITH George Moore Close, Donnington Oxford