14 NOVEMBER 1998, Page 37

A family affair

Sir: Your editorial of 31 October states that Wales is a 'small incestuous principality'. This is both inaccurate and racist, and I take severe exception to it.

Unless I receive a satisfactory explana- tion for this cheap jibe, I will have no recourse other than to refer you to the Press Complaints Commission.

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