SIR – I laughed my head off at S Pickup’s referral to the Lib-Dems as Coconut Mushrooms (T&A letters, March 18). They are probably more like an empty packet of Coconut Mushrooms after being gobbled up by the Crunchie people at 10 Downing Street. As for the Liquorice Allsorts Labour Party, they are more than capable of gobbling themselves up.

S Halliday, Taunton Street, Shipley