The PCC’s annual review has confirmed that an article by Times Online writer Matthew Parris was the single most complained about in 2008.
Parris later apologised for the article – titled: What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated – which drew 584 complaints.
The Commission decided that Parris had not breached the Code of Practice, although states on its website: "We’re pleased that Mr Parris had apologised for his comments."
The story also recieved 257 (mostly negative) comments on the Times Online website.