Straight to the POINT

NO TAXPAYERS’ money should be given to any charity — doesn’t charity mean voluntary donations from the public?

D. Allen, Runcorn, Cheshire.

IT’S not just voters who can’t be called English (Letters). Strawberries grown in Kent are ‘British’ yet raspberries from Perthshire are ‘Scottish’.

A. mulholland, Scarborough, n. Yorks.

I AM 100 per cent behind the Royal Marines and former Marines who marched in support of Sgt Alexander Blackman. Pity they weren’t armed! Cameron or May could free him with a phone call.

mark taha, london Se26.

WHEN did wealth stop being about class and glamour, and start being garish and tacky?

John evans, Wokingham, Berks.

NOW that sausages and bacon are cancer risks, will I have to employ a biohazard specialist firm to get my breakfast from the fridge?

peter lawson-smith, Faringdon, oxon.

WHAT a treasure you have in Christopher Stevens (Mail). His reviews of TV programmes are often more entertaining than the actual programmes the previous evening.

sylvia booth, hoylandswaine, S. Yorks.

NHS free for pensioners? I visited my local hospital in Durham for a pre-op examination and both car park ticket machines were out of order. I left the money clearly visible with a note, but I still received a parking penalty notice of £40.

M. elliott, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.

POLITICIANS and newsreaders should remember that the leaf of the poppy should point to 11 o’clock, to symbolise the 11th hour of the 11th day.

jenny Sheen, Chesham, Bucks.

NO MORE beat coppers, but chief constables get £250,000. Who do they think they are? Footballers?