2 OCTOBER 2004, Page 37

Texans against Bush

From Clarke Hayes Sir: I find the fatuous certainty of your correspondent W.K. Wray (Letters, 25 September) that no 'genuine Texan' could vibrate with hatred for George W. Bush astonishing. Not only have I met many such Texans (in Texas) myself, but I have acted with them, and vibrated with them too. That W.K. Wray writes from the New England state of Rhode Island rather than, say, Timbuktu, makes his assertion even more incredible. Obviously he doesn't get out much!

Clarke Hayes

Hastings, East Sussex