Letter: A worse scandal than adultery

Sir: Tim Yeo may be unsure whether it was the Suffolk punch or the media stab which did for his ministerial career, but in essence a combination of the two demonstrated a truth which may gradually be percolating through to the higher levels of society.

The reach of the media and discrimination of its audience is now so nearly complete that there no longer remains any space for 'them' to behave in one way while telling 'us' to behave in an another. And that, surely, is a landmark on the road to a 'classless

society'.

Yours faithfully,

FRANK WINTLE

London, N1

6 January