SIR: Cllr Bob Howarth's attack on Peter Thurnham's change of allegiance to the Liberals would be laughable if it wasn't hypocritical and pathetic.

When he says: : "The most amazing conversion since Biblical times", he is, I suppose, thinking about his own conversion from the Communist Party.

Bob Howarth should be the first to appreciate - anyone can make a mistake.

Mr W A Pilkington

Higher Barn, Horwich

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