Straight to the POINT

÷ IF THE authorities can’t read encrypted messages, they should block them. If they don’t know how, they can ask the Chinese.

CHRISTINE HEYS, Darwen, Lancs.

÷ IN THE football match against Lithuania, England made more back passes than forward ones. Is this the way forward, Gareth?

BRIAN MURRAY, Birmingham.

÷ WITH a £39 million shortfall in revenue since car tax discs were abolished, it’s a no-brainer to reinstate the old system. Why should we suffer higher taxes for some idiot’s idea?

J. WALMSLEY, Bury, Lancs.

÷ I’M WAITING for Donald Trump to propose banning all Muslims from driving until we can figure out what’s going on.

PAUL BAHBOUT, Westcliff, Essex.

÷ AS A FAN of Ed Balls, I’m looking forward to seeing him dance in a Money Supermarket ad.

S. J. MULHOLLAND, Cheltenham, Glos.

÷ WHICH far-sighted group decided to scrap all the trams and trolley buses in London?

ALAN STACKMAN, Calne, Wilts.

÷ MPs say waste in foreign aid is no worse than in any other Whitehall department (Mail). That’s nothing to be complacent about.

MICK BRIDGSTOCK, Rushden, Northants.

÷ WHO took the Comic out of Comic Relief? It was a real turn-off.

BOB REEVES, Billericay, Essex.

÷ WHAT have manufacturers done to our chocolate? Why does it now sting the back of the throat, making you sneeze and cough?

P. HOPPER, Ipswich.

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