The spate of attacks on 4x4 vehicles (Oxford Mail, July 23) reminds me of the demonstration that took place a few years ago outside Oxford Brookes University.
Several elected councillors from the Green Party and their friends dressed up in Jeremy Clarkson jeans and silly wigs.
They looked really frightful.
When Mr Clarkson arrived to collect his honorary engineering degree, a woman called Agent Meringue stuffed a baked Alaska in his face. (Presumably, the baked Alaska had something to do with global warming in Alaska).
The irony is that I subsequently saw at least three Green Party councillors in a 4x4 vehicle.
To add insult to injury, I was nearly knocked over on the pavement outside my house by a car driven by a Green councillor on the eve of the city elections!
Therefore I don't think they are in any position to adopt the moral high ground and state that SUVs are causing global warming.
I'm inclined to think this stunt against 4x4s is gesture politics at its worst.
Our county council leader, Keith Mitchell, tried to undo the damage to Oxford's reputation by inviting Mr Clarkson to dinner.
Not surprisingly the offer was declined. Mr Clarkson probably thinks Oxford is full of lunatics!
SUSAN THOMAS Magdalen Road Oxford
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