Sir, - I hope I can, even as a "foreigner", be allowed to applaud Kevin Myers's brilliant piece on the non-Irish activities of the anti-GM protesters (An Irishman's Diary, August 19th). It is high time that these fanatics, most of whom I regret are British, were subjected to the sharp end of such a fine bit of caustic Irish wit. While the British press continues to support these fundamentally undemocratic groups, whipping up in the process increasingly hysterical scare stories about Frankenfoods, it is refreshing to see that reason still prevails across the water. - Yours, etc.,
Dr Peter Marsh, Director of Science and Research, Social Issues Research Centre, St Clements, Oxford, England.