Straight to the POINT

WHY don’t people who have spent thousands on a holiday pay a bit more on secure airport parking? Then they wouldn’t come back to find their cars stuck in a muddy field or discover the keys have been stolen (Mail). V. HARRIS, Wokingham, Berks.

THINKING about what you’re doing and the consequences of your actions — now we call it mindfulness. DAVE OVERTON, Willoughby, Lincs.

HALF of adults are too lazy to go for a walk (Mail)? That will change when all we have are electric vehicles, but not enough electricity to charge them. ALAN MIDGLEY, Tottington, Gtr. Manchester.

DAVID DAVIS’S letter dismissing the EU demand that its courts should still rule us after Brexit should be a short one: ‘When in Rome . . .’ DAVID J. KNOWLES, Hazel Grove, Cheshire.

HOW I miss my favourite biscuits, now discontinued (Letters): McVitie’s Digestive Creams washed down with a glass of cold milk. STEVE MITCHELL, London SE8.

DEBBIE McGEE on Strictly and Celeb MasterChef? She’ll be able to practise her paso doble while cooking her petit pois. J. HAGUE, Wakefield, W. Yorks.

WHEN my six-year-old left-handed brother was reduced to tears after being forced to write with his right hand (Letters), my father made his teacher write with his left hand on the blackboard in front of the whole class. E. PRICE, Stourbridge, W. Mids.

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