Straight to the POINT

÷ THE woman whose marriage is threatened because of her love for a pet rook (Mail) should do the sensible thing: kick her husband out. GEOFFREY LINDLEY, Ferndown, Dorset. ÷ I DON’T know how the PM keeps a straight face telling public-sector workers pay restraint is vital for the national interest when MPs got a huge pay rise during this period of austerity. GERALD GANNAWAY, Knowle, Bristol. ÷ THERESA MAY insists we must ‘live within our means’. So why are we borrowing billions to fund foreign aid? Does anyone ever apply for a bank loan to give vast amounts to charity? BRIAN WILsON, solihull, W. Mids. ÷ A 1 PER CENT rise for public sector employees would cost £2 billion. Give them 3 per cent and reduce the foreign aid budget by £6 billion — that would cost nothing. ERNIE spuRR, st Leonards-on-sea, E. sussex. ÷ THOSE in high places decree that we should lavish money on foreign aid, while very similar people run the quangos and charities where much of the money disappears. ChARLOttE JOsEph, Lawford, Essex. ÷ PUBLIC sector workers do not contribute to their pensions (Letters)? As an ex-NHS worker, I can assure him they most certainly do! pAuL tRELOGGAN, sandilands, Lincs. ÷ I HAVE followed the saga of Tom Utley’s sons (Mail) with much merriment. It is easy to be a revolutionary when someone else is picking up the bills. Tom should evict them and let them live in the real world.

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