Straight to the POINT

÷ THE engineer sent by our gas and electric supplier to fit a smart meter advised me not to go ahead with it for my own good.

A. A. NUNES, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts.

÷ I, TOO, have been charged £2.28 for a high juice squash that used to be £1.22 (Letters). The sugar tax should have increased the price by 24p, so is it a nice little earner for shops?

NEIL JOY, London W4.

÷ IF ONE country can veto a proposal, the UN is doomed to be toothless.

ALAN STACKMAN, Calne, Wilts.

÷ VLADIMIR PUTIN may launch cyber attacks on our health service, power supplies, banks and airports (Mail). But don’t worry, England football supporters, you’ll be safe at the World Cup in Russia…

ROD WILLIAMS, Great Holland, Essex.

÷ WHY are athletes called heroes by sports presenters? Does that make everyone who has trained to do a job well a hero?

S. PENNA, Truro, Cornwall.

÷ I WISH Twitter’s rules applied to all social media (Letters). When I retaliated after someone on Facebook said ‘I’m glad you’re old — you’ll be dead soon’, it was me who got a month’s ban. I’ve now closed my account.

PETE WILLIAMS, Hayes, Middlesex.

÷ WILL any university award me a PhD (pot hole dodger)? I’ve studied the subject deeply.

JAMES TITTERTON, Chesterfield, Derbys.

÷ A SMILE or small kindness makes my day. Thanks to everyone who makes the effort in these difficult times.

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