SHAME on Hugh Pender for suggesting that our Olympic and Paralympic medal winning athletes should pay back some of the taxpayers’ money that enabled them to achieve their medals (HAS, Sept 10).
Perhaps he should pay back some of the taxpayers’ money that paid for the education that enabled him to get into a job that has given him a living for the past however many years?
What a dark and uninteresting world he must live in if all he can do to gain solace is to attempt to belittle the achievements of those who have striven over many years to reach this amazing pinnacle of achievement.
Congratulations to all of our amazing athletes and bah!
humbug to Mr Pender.
I wonder what he does for fun.
Pull the legs off spiders?
Robin Rutherford, Darlington.
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