24 JUNE 1995, Page 29

Sir: Alasdair Palmer's article on gays in the armed forces

was superb, the best demoli- tion of the military's case I've yet read. It makes up for all the homophobic drivel from Paul Johnson and Auberon Waugh that Spectator readers have endured over the years.

Benjamin Bradshaw

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