2 NOVEMBER 1991, Page 37

Poor Waugh

Sir:I am heart-broken to read (Another voice, 12 October) that Auberon Waugh would be worse off by £12,500 tax-wise if Labour won the next election. However, as an OAP I have a small measure of consola- tion thinking about the extra £5 a week for me should the fears of Mr Waugh come true. Maybe when one has a state pension of only £55.98 per week one sees things in rather a self centred way.

Ian Maclean

The Stuart House, High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian