Straight to the POINT

÷ SO GARY LINEKER and Rebekah Vardy think homework is a waste of time. Has there ever been a better ad for the need for homework? C. Davies, Dunsfold, Surrey.

÷ IT WOULD be a nice gesture if David Beckham donated the court fine he would have paid for speeding to a charity. Jenny Stevens, Northamptonshire.

÷ IT’S the morals of 97 per cent of lawyers that give the rest a bad name. David Edwards, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.

÷ MARK STONEHAM, 48, thought his £530 car insurance quote excessive (Mail). Tell him to wait until his 70th birthday! Pete Williams, Hayes, Middx.

÷ ONLY in England . . . headteachers take two days off to protest. Fine! Parents take children off school for two days. Fined! J.walmsley, Bury, Greater Manchester.

÷ COULD Highways England explain how a fake speed camera could distract drivers whereas a real one would not? Could it be because real ones make money? John Green, Cannock, Staffs.

÷ OK, MR Putin, now let’s see Ruslan Boshirov and Anatoliy Chepiga interviewed live on television — side by side at the same time. David Digby, Orpington, Kent

÷ ROB the rich to pay the poor. If the rich clear off, who pays the poor? Vivien Parker, Hungerford, Berks.

÷ PUT Noel Edmonds in charge of Brexit — he has dealt with thousands of Deal or No Deals. David Gambrill, eastbourne, east sussex.

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