Straight to the POINT

÷ THERE is no need to increase taxes to pay for the NHS, Armed Forces or to reduce business rates. The obvious solution is to scrap HS2. BILL DONATI, Knebworth, Herts. ÷ MY RADIO will be turned off at 4.59 pm every weekday until Simon Mayo gets his own show back (Letters). SHEILA BARTON, Sevenoaks, Kent. ÷ CHOICES have to be made during the carbon dioxide shortage: what will come first, the chicken or the keg? BOB MAJOR, Dunfermline, Fife ÷ THE pantomime performed by tennis player Rafael Nadal before each serve suggests his clothes don’t quite fit. KEN SHARP, Newark, Notts. ÷ LOVE Island, a seedy show, or Wimbledon seeds? I know which I’d rather watch. VINCENT HEFTER, Richmond, Surrey. ÷ IF I WEAR a strapless bra, will I finally be able to do a cartwheel (Femail)? Ms P. WATSON, Grimsby, Lincs. ÷ CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond refuses to overhaul business rates. How long before he blames the High Street problems on Brexit? P. LACY, Nottingham. ÷ WHY does Theresa May wear a heavy chain necklace? Does it indicate her secret desire to remain shackled to the EU? LUCY DEBRUCE, Folkestone, Kent. ÷ IT IS good news that the Church needs to sell off cathedrals to meet its debts (Mail). They are a costly luxury. DAVID ANDREWS, Bacup, Lancs. For permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk