Straight to the POINT

IF A schoolboy can break into CIA emails, they should get him to design a firewall to withstand hackers like him, not prosecute him for discovering their system’s weaknesses.

TREVOR COLLINS, Grimsby.

TROUBLED Boris Becker had to borrow £2 million from a friend and was charged 25 per cent interest (Mail). What sort of friend is that?

BERTIE AULD, Quorn, Leics.

DON’T worry about money, Mr Becker. The profligate BBC will give you lots of licence payers’ cash next Wimbledon for stating the blindingly obvious.

MIKE WRIGHT, Reading, Berks.

THANKS to the Mail article about the marriage allowance, we made a claim and got a cheque for £430.

SUE BARTER, Waterlooville, Hants.

DID the overpaid government employees who came up with the Help To Buy home scheme not foresee that the wealthy would exploit it?

JON BEE, Oldham, Gtr Manchester.

AT LAST a serving member of the top brass, Rear Admiral Alex Burton, has publicly complained about defence cuts while in the post rather than whingeing about them after leaving the services with a knighthood.

PAUL RUANE, Leeds.

JEREMY VINE says we should ‘bring back boredom’ (Mail). That explains his approach to his Radio 2 show, Eggheads and Points Of View.

GEORGE COOKSON, Wakefield, W. Yorks.

÷ GIVE Noel Edmonds a place on the Brexit negotiating team. Deal or no deal, simple!

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