SIR: The silly season of political conferences is over. Have we ever seen such nonsense from those who think they are the elite and have a divine right to approve their own pay rises and tell the rest of us what to do.

Cheap jibes at Tony Blair because he has his own teeth and youthful eyes. Well they should attend the private elite clinics which they have created and get a face job done.

Kenneth Clarke ridicules Dolly Parton's ample proportions to score a point while hiding his own corpulence under a skilfully cut Saville Row jacket. Well, Ken, Dolly's assets bring a lot more pleasure to the world than yours. Certainly more than your iniquitous fuel tax.

Mr Heseltine, tongue in cheek, a millionaire in his own right, has the gall to attack another millionaire for having the temerity to use his own money to further his own opinions on Europe.

J F Flynn, Curzon Road, Heaton

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