SIR – Liberal Democrat MP Nick Clegg Deputy Prime Minister failed to attend the autumn statement in parliament in support of the coalition, deciding instead to visit the ancient monument Stonehenge.

Does this mean that secretly he believes his party will be given the same historical status after next year’s general election and that his absence was only to gain work experience in that event.

Otherwise as a devotee of the European Union he would have to take advantage of the “free movement” within the EU and move on to new pastures. I believe it’s called social mobility?

S Pickup, Sulby Grove, Bradford