Straight to the POINT

■ IF PARLIAMENT were a dog (Letters), it would be a red setter. They never seem to know whether they’re coming or going.

Tess Caddy, Witney, Oxon. ■ SIR Linseed Oil, ensuring the smooth running of the Commons.

VinCenT HefTer, richmond, surrey. ■ AFTER nearly 300 years, Mr Speaker has changed the meaning of ‘according to Hoyle’.

Brian THOmpsOn, sutton Coldfield, W. mids. ■ COULD it be that the misfiring Trident missile identified as a torpedo?

GraHam LudLam, south Wingfield, derbys. ■ A NUCLEAR deterrent based on hope is no deterrent at all.

des mOrGan, swindon, Wilts. ■ I SUGGEST going for a French name (Letters). How about Harry and Meghan De Barkle?

OLiVer WaLsH, Basingstoke, Hants. ■ DON’T force girls to wear trousers to school. Bring back single-sex schools instead.

iris ramkissOOn, abingdon, Oxon. ■ VIEWERS should be warned: footage of the Trident launch contains splash photography.

daVe nOrminTOn, derby. ■ TV SOAPS created by artificial intelligence in three years’ time might be better than ones created now by absence of intelligence.

miCHaeL LynCHeHaun, Wallasey, Wirral. ■ SORRY, Jenni Murray (Mail), but Joanna Lumley looked Ab Fab in pyjamas, as always.

paT mOrris, st Helens, Lancs. ■ IT’S about day 1,460 of Rishi’s ‘Build Back Better’. Nothing is built, back or better.

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