MANIFEST from items recorded at the recent LibDem conference (BBC Parliament, Freeview channel 131), the present leader Tim Farron is in denial of the recent referendum result and seeks any fiddle under the sun to reverse it; and with breathtaking arrogance the former leader Nick Clegg calls those of us with the temerity to hold views different from his own “swivel-eyed”.

The term “liberal democrat” must be one of the great misnomers of the age. Clearly they are neither.

MICHAEL PURCHES

Abingdon