HAVING read the "Westminster Watch" by Chris Moncrieff (March 14), is it not time that you looked for a replacement for your elderly correspondent.

It appears that he is no longer in touch with the parliamentary scene.

If he thinks that the leader of the Liberal Democrats is ageing, Chris Moncrieff must be in his dotage, as Sir Menzies Campbell is 10 years younger.

B W Tyas Cooper, Breckland Drive, Heaton