Straight to the POINT

■ WHAT next after the British Museum removes a bust of its founder Sir Hans Sloane — the renaming of Sloane Square? As Sarah Vine notes, Sloane Rangers will be distraught.

PHILIP MENZIES, Hornchurch, Essex.

■ WHY can’t the highly paid bosses of railway projects such as HS2 and Crossrail keep them on track?

CLIVE BIRCHFIELD, Reading, Berks.

■ THERE’S one problem with Michel Barnier’s ‘level playing field’ — it’s full of molehills.

PIERS MINALL, Leverington, Cambs.

■ DID you spot the similarity between the tent and the Prime Minister’s haircut?

ANTHONY HALES, Halifax, W. Yorks.

■ GANDHI’S glasses sell for £260,000 at auction — should’ve gone to Specsavers.

DIGBY BOWDLER, Perranporth, Cornwall.

■ MAYBE it was not the best plan to lift the restrictions on shops, pubs, restaurants, holidays and entertainment before getting everyone back to work and school.

JOHN FINLAY, Mayfield, E. Sussex.

■ MY DAD always sang ‘I’ve thrown a custard in her face’ instead of ‘I’ve grown accustomed to her face’ from My Fair Lady.

STEVE CLYNE, Harrow, Middlesex.

■ ‘I SAW the light through her tights as she stood by the window, da da da da-da.’

BRIAN WATERS, London N15.

■ SHOULD the Pride train have made its inaugural journey on the Trans Pennine route?

N. J. WOOTTON, Wallasey, Merseyside.

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