I HAVE no particular regard for Robert Kilroy-Silk, seldom watch his programme and have not read his notorious article. However, the wider issues highlighted by his treatment disturb me greatly. What, exactly, was his crime?

He has 'offended' a remote, minority elite and sundry unelected bodies, who arrogantly take it upon themselves to decide for the majority what they find acceptable.

I wonder if the target of his criticism had been America or Americans there would have been such an outcry, I doubt it. Free speech is somewhat selective these days.

This bizarre tyranny of the minority over the majority is democracy turned on its head. I can only hope it cannot be sustained indefinitely and that someone will have the courage to challenge its despotic hold. If not, the future for this country is very bleak.

JOYCE PLUMMER, Bold Street, Accrington.