Here we go again, this time from a Mr Tony Sutton…

“its ok for you to slag off cars and tax them off the road because you probably have a tube station at the end of your road or a bus past your doorstep every 3 minutes but what am i to do up here in rural scotland.ride a horse or sign on the dole perhaps.you need to live life in the real world and get out around the country and see how real people live.its thanks to people like you the country is on its knees through taxation because everytime the eviromentis mentioned to the government all they do is put up taxes and nothing else.you wouldn`t last 5 minutes in your beloved france because they dont put up with up their arse hippies like you…clarkson for pm.”

Maybe there’s an overlap with the Bernard Manning Fan Club.

But what strikes me most about these snotty missives is that they come from Guardian readers. Maybe the author of today’s erudite little rant has just returned home from the Hay Festival. I can just imagine him frowning over Simon Jenkins, Polly Toynbee or Madeleine Bunting while munching his organic müesli in the morning. Or maybe not.

‘Tis a funny old world.