1 NOVEMBER 2003, Page 36

Liddle slips

From Dr Cyril Laming

Sir: Rod Liddle's 'Thought for the Day' (18 October) was up to his usual freshness and — er — penetration in both topic and style. But he must surely have been as tired as a newt to make the mental slip that anyone thinks that the Pope is omnipotent. That is reserved for the Man Upstairs.

Cyril Laming

Woodmancote, West Sussex