Straight to the POINT

IF SIX-MONTH prison sentences aren’t working (Mail), perhaps 12 or 18 months will. MArK CoHEN, Manchester.

WHAT did football commentator John Motson say that was wrong? Tom Elliott is big (6ft 3in), black and brave by the standards of today’s footballers. If someone called me a big, fat, white bloke, I could hardly complain. GEorGE HATCHMAN, Cheshunt, Herts.

WEAR your clothes only once (Femail)? My wardrobe has a 20-year spiral from Sunday posh to supermarket shopping, sloppy in the house and gardening — before being recycled. DoUG JENNINGS, Mickleton, Glos.

VICTORIA BECKHAM has missed out on her true vocation as a comedian. Her fashions and their prices make me laugh. BILL KINGSMAN, Maidstone, Kent.

RBS: bumper profits, bumper bonuses, bumper closures. J. WALMSLEY, Bury, Gtr Manchester.

HOW has Jeremy Corbyn lost the plot (Mail)? Did he ever have it in the first place? ANDY rHoDES, Derby.

SUNDAY roasts and toast create toxic fumes (Mail)? I agree with author Kingsley Amis that no pleasure is worth giving up just to spend an extra two years in an old people’s home. JoHN rEVELL, Sudbury, Suffolk.

THE sort of mistake we made at 15 was drinking cider in the park, not heading off to Syria to join a terrorist organisation. PAUL rUANE, Cannington, Somerset. 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