DAVID Sammels is entitled to his opinion about John Grogan's expenses, but he is not entitled to smear him as a Blairite.

Unlike the majority of Tories, who are now hoist by their own petard, John Grogan voted against the illegal war in Iraq; you cannot get less Blairite than that.

B Emmerson,

Charles Street,

Selby.

Updated: 09:48 Wednesday, November 10, 2004