Straight to the POINT

÷ I RAN a small business for 25 years. If we had a bad month, I didn’t take a salary. I would be happy to explain this ethical principal to the Carillion bosses. SUE SAXON, Rossendale, Lancs. ÷ I HAVE dementia and wish to congratulate Wendy Mitchell for portraying how it is to live with this condition (Mail): some good days, some foggy ones, but we should never be defined as sufferers. KEITH OLIVER, Canterbury, Kent. ÷ HISTORIC England should commission a new version of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting our achievements. JOHN HIGGINS, Alloway, Ayr. ÷ DESMOND SWAYNE isn’t the first MP to be caught napping in the Commons (Mail). Like jurors who drop off in a court case, snoozing politicians should be fined. BRIAN YELL, Netherton, Merseyside. ÷ BORDER collies can understand up to 1,000 words (Mail)? So mine is just ignoring me! SANDRA PARSONS, Keston, Kent ÷ COCKAPOO? Labradoodle? Didn’t they used to be called mongrels? PAT STEWART, New Romney, Kent.