Straight to the POINT

A SALARY of £468,000 for the Vice Chancellor of Bath University? Who does she think she is? Claudia Winkleman? Steve Dunning, Rugeley, Staffs. FOR the want of tuppence, the Government has sacrificed £100 million in road tax revenue by getting rid of paper car tax discs (Mail). GODFREY H. HOLMES, Withernsea, e. Yorks. WOULD it be more profitable for police to check vehicles for not having an up-to-date road fund licence instead of prosecuting drivers for doing three miles over the limit? JOHN LOWARCH, Oswestry, Shropshire. MY HEART bleeds for London’s deputy mayor for transport, who struggles to get to early morning meetings because of disruption on Southern Rail. If she worked in the private sector, this excuse would be given short shrift. Mrs Andrea Hunt, Datchet, Berks. WE SHOULD deduct the cost of caring for the Vietnamese children abandoned in Shropshire (Mail) from the foreign aid budget. George Kelly, Burgh-le-Marsh, Lincs. WHAT is Christmas all about? According to Curry’s, a TV with Dolby 360-degree sound. IAN HAIGH, Warrington, Cheshire. I AM fed up with buying rock hard avocados, peaches, nectarines, apples and melons that never ripen, but just go rotten. C. Green, Kings Lynn, norfolk. IN THIS crazy politically correct world, isn’t Blue Peter colourist? All Peters should be treated the same.

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