Straight to the POINT

RIGHT, that’s the blue passport sorted. Now when do we get the imperial crown back on our pint glasses? HAROLD A. DRANSFIELD, Stalybridge, Ches. LIVERPOOL has spent a record £75 million for van Dijk. I’d want a van Gogh for that. PHILIP DYKINS, Liverpool. WHAT’S gone wrong at Manchester United? Maybe Mourinho is not as special as he think. R. L. BULLOCK, Barnsley, S. Yorks. HERE are some safe space trigger words for students: worthwhile degree, job, responsibility, common sense, perseverance, humility, attainable aspirations, work, thrift. STEPHEN PERKINS, Grimsby, Lincs. REQUESTS for a representative on the Grenfell inquiry panel have been turned down, so survivors should appoint one of their own to attend each session and make a report. DAVID LINDSAY, Lanchester, Co. Durham. LIKE Princess Beatrice, I go to church wearing old trainers (Mail). I’m sure God doesn’t mind me being comfortable. S. T. COPSEY, address supplied. HOW much better to take my excited four-year-old granddaughter to choose her birthday present at Toys R Us than staring at products for sale on a computer screen. P. ANDERSON, Hale, Ches. HERE’S my list of essential exports to Europe the day after Brexit: Nick Clegg, Tony Blair, Ken Clarke and Michael Heseltine. As they love Brussels, I’m sure they would go willingly. R. E. FISHER, Frome, Somerset. 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