Straight to the POINT

NOW that cruelty to pets will carry a jail sentence of up to five years, let’s have the same sentence, if not longer, for barbaric cruelty to helpless elderly people.

JAN HOCKLEY, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

FURTHER to the list of how parents irritate their children (Mail), my daughter huffed and puffed when I asked for her help with a small computer problem — until I reminded her that I once taught her how to use a spoon.

JOHN BORRETT, Crawley, Sussex.

THE most dangerous men on Earth are political leaders when their control is threatened, like Spanish politicians and Catalan, or the EU happy to start a trade war.

Paul Brazier, kingswood, Glos.

THERE’LL be 20 good reasons to hike mortgage rates as soon as interest rates rise, but 21 better ones not to raise savings rates.

JOHN COLLINS, Chelmsford, Essex.

WHAT’S the point of licensed cyclists if they ride on the pavement? I recently saw a yob weaving in and out of pedestrians, gazing at his mobile with a dog tethered to his handlebars.

A. SHAW, Colne, Lancs.

I WAS disappointed with the Strictly Come Dancing result on Saturday. I thought the pair voted off should have been Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly.

J.W. MORTIMER, Brackley, Northants.

A P45? That’s the funniest thing Tory Conference prankster Lee Nelson has done in years . . . and it wasn’t funny.

NICK WILLIAMS, Brighton, Sussex.