Straight to the POINT

WALSALL councillor Mike Bird being forced to apologise about his comments on travellers is another example of pandering to minority groups at the expense of the majority. GEORGE KELLY, Maids Moreton, Bucks.

IF HIGH Street shops closing isn’t bad enough, my local JobCentre has just shut its doors. ADRIAN BONE, Leyland, Lancs.

DON’T worry about male self-esteem being damaged by envy of Love Island contestants (Mail). I am a gym instructor and find those who spend their lives perfecting their body often have very little between their ears. WILLIAM CAUSTON, Braintree, Essex.

WHY is Holly Willoughby being touted as a replacement for Ant McPartlin? We need new young women on TV, not the over-rated Holly, Tess Daly, Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman. DANA PERRIN, Ticehurst, E. Sussex.

VETERAN soldiers are to be pursued over incidents that happened six decades ago during the Cyprus Emergency (Mail). Who next — Corporal Jones of Dad’s Army, who discovered in the Sudan that they don’t like it up ’em? LEONARD MACAULEY, Staining, Lancs.

I HAVE no objection to a reasonable salary for chief executives, but why is Joe Garner of Nationwide earning £2.3 million (Mail) when I get virtually nothing on my savings? DAVID BLAKE-WILSON, Pinner, Middlesex.

RAIL fare increases precede vaguely promised improvements, otherwise there would be no extra money for the board. JOHN COLLINS, Chelmsford, Essex.