Straight to the POINT

■ NOTHING is free in a manifesto: it’s just political parties telling us how they are going to spend our money.

GERRY DOYLE, Liverpool.

■ FREE broadband for all and a pink unicorn for every child under ten!

ROBERT KNOWLES, Norwich, Norfolk.

■ LABOUR is promising we’ll all get fibre. How will All-Bran improve my internet connection?

DAVID STUCKEY, Stevenage, Herts.

■ IMAGINE calling the broadband helpdesk and getting this message: ‘There is no one to help you as we are all on a four-day week. Call back next Tuesday to speak to a comrade.’

ROBERT PITT, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

■ WHEN my son gets a call from a scammer, he asks for their name and address so he can report the ‘accident’ they have caused by calling him when he is driving (of course, he’s not). They quickly ring off.

P. SMITH, Brentwood, Essex.

■ I CAN’T believe that a man has 100 vacuum cleaners (Mail). I got rid of mine because it was only gathering dust.

BOB PHILLIPS, Southampton.

■ INSTEAD of extra free childcare, why not give tax relief to families where the mother decides to stay at home to look after her young children?

Mrs D. HOLLAND, Retford, Notts.

■ I HOPE Boris Johnson handles the Brexit negotiations better than he handles a mop.

PIERS MINALL, Leverington, Cambs.

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