Close, but no pinot grigio

My comments about Alice O'Keefe's latest New Statesman article were actually read by someone at the NS (amazing, I thought they had abandoned the forums after they began to fill with the hate and bile that random types feel compelled to leave there, especially whenever Venezuela is mentioned) and published in the print edition. Unfortunately they don't archive letters so you will just have to take my word for it.

They sent me an email asking for permission to use the comments and I agreed. When they found out I was one of their writers they replied that they couldn't use my comments (no reason given apart from it was "the rules") but then ended up using them anyway, without explaining why they had broken said rules. I'm guessing that they had had a disappointing mailbag that week and got desperate for copy. I'm just disappointed I didn't win the £25 wine voucher for Letter of the week.