Straight to the POINT

÷ AMANDA PLATELL rebukes the Chancellor for using an RAF jet at a cost of £20,000 when a business-class return to Brussels on BA is £700. Megabus coach fares start at £1, plus a 50p booking fee. F. HARVEY, Bristol. ÷ CAN’T get through to Currys’s always engaged customer services (Mail)? Ring during Coronation Street when they don’t get many calls. S. FRETWELL, Nottingham. ÷ THE comedy repeat I’d like to see this Christmas (Letters) is Don’t Wait Up, starring Nigel Havers and Tony Britton. ANN WILLS, Ruislip, Middlesex. ÷ NOW I have worked out what LGBT means, I will have to be careful how I order my usual BLT with a G&T. M. McCUSKER, Southsea, Hants. ÷ I’D LOVE to see today’s glove-wearing football players in their double shirts play in the same weather conditions as the old-timers. D. BUTCHART, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.