SIR – In T&A Letters, March 9, Simon Halliday humorously likens the Tory Party to a chocolate fireguard. Could this mean in view of their internal disagreements the Labour Party could be Liquorice Allsorts and the good old Liberal Democrats Coconut Mushrooms? Or should we look at all three parties as a sort of pick and mix assortment?

S Pickup, Sulby Grove, Bradford