Anthony Seldon was clearly prompted by wishful thinking when he said "Gordon Brown is going to be difficult during conference" (The Argus, September 27.

And when he claims an "...agenda changing Government...has not happened", one wonders what planet he is living on.

The abolition of the House of Lords is just one example of his myopia.

He is also unaware that "business failures this year will be the lowest since current records began" - in 1993, the figure was 26,687. Last year it was 16,000.

As head of a private school one can expect him to be concerned about Labour's third term, if only because of the possible removal of charitable status.

Moreover, as educational improvement gains momentum - as it will - private education will increasingly be seen as an unnecessary expense and it will wither on the vine.

He clearly hopes Tony Blair will go as there is no other political leader who can possibly challenge him.

And further changes - economic, social and educational - must fill him with dread as the world of opportunities for the few and not the many that sustained him for so long slowly but inevitably changes.

Patently, he fears that, at the next election, too many people, for his purposes, will say "Hurrah" to the changes that have already taken place "but please speed it up".

-RG Jenkins, Welbeck Avenue, Hove