Manic

Your report on bipolar disorder (3 March) suggests symptoms may include "inflated self-esteem, loss of inhibitions, and grandiose ideas or delusions". Perhaps it is time for former prime minister Tony Blair to undergo tests for this serious and unwelcome mental condition, which could go some way towards explaining the fixed-focus views he expressed at the Chilcot enquiry.

Ian Hendry

Torphins, Aberdeenshire