My little exchange with Kerstin Schnabel-Macloud produced a veritable flood of responses from London Lantern readers. All of them expressing sympathy for me about her quite extraordinary behaviour, and requesting to receive a copy of her diatribe against the British tourist in Florida.

Several people e-mailed her about it, and, not unsurprisingly, received equally rude and unpleasant responses!

I have sent the whole correspondence to Governor Jeb Bush, who promised to reply within a week – seventeen days ago; but then they do say that a week is a long time in politics!!

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