TO THE POINT

Two misogynistic cartoons from Tom Scott in a row. Clearly he’s having some trouble adapting to the fact that our new Prime Minister is a woman.

Liz O’Connor, Waikanae

I agree with Janet Weir who suggests (Letters, Oct 24) that only when students have passed grades during their first year of study that free tertiary education should be offered. I say the taxpayer might not mind paying for the last year, and I know others who think the same. Heather Mackie, Trentham

A paragraph in the Politics Today section during the week begins with the phrase "anti-free trade activist Jane Kelsey". Is it really accurate to describe her as "anti-free trade" when what she is objecting to is the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement? The TPPA has five chapters about trade. But the other 25 chapters are about other matters such as the rights of corporations, the obligations of governments and intellectual property.

Ellen Faed, Lower Hutt

Last month I took a bus from Hania to Hora Sphakia in Crete to see the memorial which marks the evacuation of Australian, British and New Zealand forces between May 28 and June 1, 1941. I can report that the New Zealand and Australian flags are intact and fly beautifully together. The English and Greek flags were in tatters.

Stephen Phillips, York Bay

The lost case against National with Eminem is poetic justice for the case of Darren Watson with ’Planet Key’ and having it banned by the Electoral Commission until safely after the election — funny that from a body that’s supposed to be independent. No Government influence there then.

Mike Dickens, Tawa

Amourguard pays untrained "guards" minimum wage to protect Ministry of Social Development (Winz) offices. Armourguard’s American billionaire owner receives $20 million per year of taxpayers’ money for the contract. I hope our new government will not be renewing that contract in 2018. Chris Shaw, Takaka

How ironic. Bill English criticises the incoming government for its ‘‘bloated executive" and says ‘‘it intends to use taxpayer money to solve political problems’’. Is National intending to use taxpayers’ money to get out of its own problems — namely plagiarising Eminem’s music for their election campaign?

Jan Lowe, Paraparaumu