Straight to the POINT

÷ IF BRITAIN is allowed to keep the good bits and get rid of the bad, other states will want the same. That will spell the end of the EU.

PETER FIELDMAN, Madrid.

÷ FLUSHING a hamster down the loo (Littlejohn)? Virgin Trains has notices advising passengers not to flush goldfish.

David Harper, Llandrindod Wells, powys.

÷ IF THE F1 grid girls need a new job, they would make ideal lollipop ladies. And more dads would take their children to school.

CHRIS ATKIN, Retford, notts.

÷ IS THE coldest February on record down to global warming?

CHRIS PATE, Worcester.

÷ DOES the calculation of the welfare deficit for pensioners born before World War II (Mail) include the two years of cheap labour we provided during National Service?

GORDON LEAK, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

÷ PAST performance is not a guide to future returns — something the Manchester United board failed to take into account when speculating on Jose Mourinho.

DONALD COLEMAN, Eynsham, oxon.

÷ I’VE written to the head of a wildlife charity about my concerns, but never received a reply. When I emailed him about making a will, he replied within the hour.

JEANNE BERRY, Kenwood, Glos.

÷ MY BIGGEST bugbear? Having to dodge the home delivery staff buzzing around Tesco on their trolley dash.

TONY COLLINS, Mansfield, notts.

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