To the point

DOUG Leggett (Letters, 19.9.19) states that people using cellphones while driving should receive more than just a warning from police as they are potentially ‘‘cereal killers’’. Perhaps he is suggesting a stretch of ‘‘porridge’’ would be a more suitable punishment?

Geoff Swift

North East Valley

DONALD Trump in his UN speech extolled the primacy of sovereignty and the nation. He affirmed there was one people, one nation and one leader, himself. No, sorry, that was from a speech by Adolf Hitler in 1938.

Ewan McDougall

Broad Bay

WHEN will they stop using those stupid nonbiodegradable stickers on fruit? As we become more aware of the need to care for our environment, it’s the little changes that count.

J. Park

Wakari

BY any definition, escooters are motorbicycles and their place is on the road.

Clive Shaw

Timaru

FINE piece of honest journalism on Brexit by John Lapsley (Opinion, 23.9.19).

Richard Barber

Dunedin

THE PGF has granted $800,000 to Greymouth for a new dredge. Tony Kokshoorn commented: ‘‘I can’t praise the PGF enough, otherwise we would have been in deep trouble.’’ I thought the problem was shallow trouble.

Peter Spiller

Christchurch

METHINKS there is a need to update the old saying to read ‘‘There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and National Party political advertisements’’.

Wynston Cooper

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