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÷ I’M NOT surprised the Australians had watery eyes after playing cricket with sandpaper in their underpants.

R. PARNELL, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

÷ HOW can the crybaby Aussies talk about whingeing Poms?

DIGBY HODGSON, Lyth, Cumbria.

÷ LIKE the heartbroken reader (Letters) and the lead character in TV’s Mum, I, too, am missing hugs after losing my wonderful wife of 46 years.

BERNARD CALDWELL, Widnes, Cheshire.

÷ IF SPEAKER John Bercow had pursued his promising tennis career rather than politics, he could be living in a palatial home funded by his earnings rather than ours.

STEPHEN TONG, Pudsey, W. Yorks.

÷ FORGET Mel and Sue, the disappointing hosts of The Generation Game. Comedian Tim Vine should take over — he’s a cross between Tommy Cooper and Bruce Forsyth.

SYLVIA BEATTY, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

÷ LABOUR appointing Eddie Izzard to their National Executive Committee was an April Fool’s joke — wasn’t it?

JEFF BEST, London N14.

÷ FURNITURE store chain DFS has reported falling profits. Here’s an idea: have a sale.

JOHN KEEPING, Sturminster Newton, Dorset.

÷ I’D LIKE to work for Public Health England. I could advise people to turn the heating up when it’s cold and apply sun tan lotion when the sun shines, at taxpayers’ expense.

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