Straight to the POINT

÷ SHOULD being the self-proclaimed best TV presenter make you exempt from income tax?

G. watkin, Birmingham. ÷ WE WELCOME skilled workers into Britain, but the countries that trained them need their talents even more than we do, particularly the medical profession.

BRian CHRiStLEY, abergele, Conwy. ÷ THE TV advert for NatWest states: ‘We are what we do.’ That seems to be removing cash machines and closing branches.

Mrs S. taDD, Barton on Sea, Hants. ÷ I INVESTED £10,000 in a five-year bond with Lloyds Bank, guaranteed to at least get my money back. I received £10,020 and celebrated with fish and chips.

BOB wOODLanD, Poole, Dorset. ÷ WISHING to be trendy, I asked my barber for a Mourinho. Job done.

M. POPE, wimborne, Dorset. ÷ BORIS is not Canute.

FRank BERRESFORD, northampton. ÷ I IS all in favour of updating that Shakespeare for the yoof of today, innit (Letters). The Dude Killer (Macbeth) and One Night On Them Magic Mushrooms (A Midsummer Night’s Dream).

PaUL CHaRLES COOk, Huddersfield, w. Yorks. ÷ AS You, Like, Like It.

LESLEY nEaRY, Biggleswade, Beds. ÷ I WAS shocked to hear a BBC reporter say: ‘I am stood outside Parliament.’ Just one example of falling standards in grammar.

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