Straight to the POINT

HOW does President Trump’s attempt to ban a book about his presidency sit with his duty to protect the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment on the freedom of speech? DENNIS FITZGERALD, Melbourne, Australia.

MY NATWEST branch in Chepstow is closing and my account is being transferred to Thornbury — five miles away and on the other side of the Severn Bridge, with a toll of £5.60. MICHAEL ESBESTER, Caldicot, Monmouthshire.

SAFFRON has two wonderful daddies and an unimaginable life of luxury (Mail), but she lacks what every girl needs — a mother. Mrs COLLEEN BRUNTON, London EN1.

MARRIED to a man 24 years her junior, Brigitte Macron is praised as an inspiration to older women while Henry Bolton is called a dirty old man for consorting with a woman 29 years his junior. GEORGE KELLY, Burgh le Marsh, Lincs.

I AM bemused about the row about ‘spiking’ a vegan meal (Mail). When I was a cook in the City in the days before fussy eaters, vegetarians who turned up unannounced were lucky to be served an omelette. LIZ DENTON, London SW11.

THE reader bemoaning ‘disturbing scenes’ in David Attenborough’s programmes (Letters) should avoid Disney’s The Lion King. EMILIE LAMPLOUGH, Trowbridge, Wilts.

I HATED my unusual first name as a child because I always had to spell and explain it. Now I am proud of it and, yes, I just had to buy the car of the same name!

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