Straight to the POINT

÷ ARE we moving fast enough on Brexit? I’m told the EU is an hour ahead of us.

MERVYN WILLIAMS, Huddersfield, Yorks.

÷ ONE benefit of leaving the EU is that we’ll no longer have to witness our senior politicians greeting their EU counterparts with hugs and kisses. We’ll be back to good old handshakes.

TONY LINDOP, Warrington, Cheshire.

÷ IF DISGRUNTLED MPs want to form a new political party, what would it be called? The Bruised Ego Party, perhaps?

DIANE SILVA, Lytham, Lancs.

÷ WHAT I don’t understand about the University Boat Race is how come Oxford and Cambridge get to the final every year?

MIKE PICEWICZ, Blackpool.

÷ NOW that Nicola Sturgeon has moved from ‘the will of the Scottish people’ to ‘the will of the Scottish parliament’, when will she be totally honest and move to ‘the will of the SNP’?

BOB PROCTOR, Cupar, Fife.

÷ TO CUT my sugar intake, I’ve cut off the end my teaspoons. Perhaps the Government might consider rolling this idea out across the UK?

HOWARD THOMAS, Reading.

÷ THE Redcar steelworkers who lost their jobs will be delighted that the plant’s closure helped the UK reduce carbon emissions (Mail).

DENIS SHARP, Hailsham, Sussex.

÷ THIS year’s April 1 spoofs were weak. Better for next year would be ‘John Prescott comes out as gay’, ‘Jeremy Corbyn gets Gieves & Hawkes account’, ‘the Beckhams bankrupt’ or ‘Nicola Sturgeon sectioned’.

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