Straight to the POINT

÷ OPRAH for U.S. President! A multi-billionaire, outspoken TV star with a business empire and no political experience — what could go wrong?

T. BAILEY, Nottingham.

÷ AFTER Carillion’s collapse, I can’t understand how ministers and an army of civil servants can allow a company to have so many government contracts and not know what is going on.

BRIAN BEST, address supplied.

÷ I AM surprised that police are investigating a car that splashed a woman (Mail). I live in the same area and when I was drenched from head to toe by a motorist, the policemen driving behind claimed not to see a thing.

HUGH SHOCKLEDGE, Huntingdon, Cambs.

÷ ALTHOUGH she was jailed, how can it be a deterrent to ban a teenager for 15 months after she killed a driver while texting at the wheel (Mail)? Her car and phone should be seized and she should get a ten-year driving ban.

TONY TOLLER, Totland, Isle of Wight.

÷ SENTENCES for non-violent crimes could be reduced in return for sorting out rubbish.

D. MCKAY, Lancing, W. Sussex.

÷ WITH the Costa del Sol beaches covered in snow, expats need the winter fuel allowance.

JESS BIGG, Fuengirola, Spain.

÷ THE 600 doctors at conferences in ski resorts should get off the slopes and back to our hospitals where they are needed.

ROY CHENERY, Quainton, Bucks.

÷ IF ANGELA MERKEL is still having trouble forming a coalition, she should call the DUP.

JOHN BOWYER, Lincoln.

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