Straight to the POINT

÷ THERE is one American-style celebration that I would welcome (Littlejohn): our independence day, March 29, 2019. D. HARPER, Llandrindod Wells, Powys. ÷ IF YOKO ONO is concerned her name is being used by a German bar to make her a laughing stock (Mail), isn’t she 40 years too late? BILL NAYLOR, Grantham, Lincs. ÷ NO ONE’S unemployed? Try telling that to the 1.4 million unemployed, Chancellor. Or will it soon be 1,400,001? BRIAN MASON, Swadlincote, Derbys. ÷ THERE was one entry missing in the list of signs that your husband is lying (Mail): when his lips are moving. PAUL CLARK, Bude, Cornwall. ÷ WHEN will we hear cries about cultural misappropriation from the permanently offended regarding the dreadlocked bear in the Muller rice advert? STEPHEN PERKINS, Grimsby. ÷ CHRISTMAS is still a month away, so I refuse to watch Channel 5’s themed programmes. BARRY MITCHELL, Worthing, W. Sussex. ÷ HAS the BBC drawn up contingency plans for when it has auctioned every antique, asked every quiz question, cooked every recipe and repeated every expletive? BRIAN CHRISTLEY, Abergele, Conwy. ÷ MALI is the only living dog with the Dickin Medal (Mail), the animal Victoria Cross. Sadly, Treo, a labrador cross, died in 2015, aged 15. He is buried with his medal and the Union Jack. K. TANSWELL, Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids. FOR permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk