As one opposed to corporal punishment, I am sure that I am not alone in welcoming Sir Rhodes Boyson’s revelation that being beaten by his infant school teacher helped to make him the man he is.
HYWEL I EVANS Llety’r Adar Conwy Gwynedd
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