Straight to the POINT

÷ IF BREXIT means Brexit, then transitional means backsliding.

L. SEE, Stockton-on-Tees.

÷ THE BBC should introduce pay scales in accordance with audience figures. Alan Yentob would be on £2 a week.

J. WALMSLEY, Bury, Gtr Manchester.

÷ IF THE price of electricity continues to rise until 2040, who will be able to afford an electric car?

K. E. BRITTON, Northwood, Middlesex.

÷ THE £147 from the TV licence fee would be handy to pay for the hike in my utility bills.

PHIL RADWELL, Grundisburgh, Suffolk.

÷ AS AN electrician, I dealt with many cables and put them to good use. So I have to ask: Vince, just what is your purpose?

ALAN WOOLDRIDGE, Sheffield.

÷ NO CONTINUITY of NHS care (Letters)? I have been looked after by the same oncologist at Nottingham City Hospital since I had prostate cancer diagnosed in 2006.

MICHAEL DRAPER, Ilkeston, Derbys.

÷ SILVER Cross has been called sexist for marketing toy prams at girls (Mail). If my brother and I had been given a pram as children, we would have used the wheels for something far more interesting.

MARTIN HOOK, Ashford, Kent.

÷ WHY should we take any notice of the downbeat forecasts by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney? After all, he is a fully paid up member of Project Fear.

GRAHAM WATSON, Upminster, Essex.

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