Having read James Gray’s column (Gazette, February 10), I was amazed that 400 of his constituents had written to him regarding the forestry sell-off.

Mr Gray managed to fill his whole column with the party line as a defence of his view of the Forestry Commission and the rights of his constituents.

Finally, to try to belittle 400 of his constituents as of little account against the 68,000 in the constituency is a joke. Perhaps Mr Gray has a short memory, but it was 400 of his buddies who kept him his job a few years ago when he was fighting deselection.

Perhaps this week 4,000 of his electorate have written – that will clog up the mail bag.

Allan Collins, Lindisfarne, Wootton Bassett.