Straight to the POINT

IF PRINCE Harry had been a civilian who organised such an amazing institution as the Invictus Games, MP Emma Dent Coad would have been screaming from the rafters that he should get a knighthood. L. Coleman, Peterborough, Cambs.

ISN’T it time the Liberal Democrats changed their name? What is democratic about trying to defy the will of the people on Brexit? Graham Watson, Upminster, essex.

THE day after I noticed Tesco had increased the price of Ginsters pies and two boxes of Christmas chocolates had gone up from £7 to £10, I read that its dividends are back on track. I wonder why? Brian Christley, abergele, Conwy.

IF councils want to snoop in bins (Mail) they need to do a lot more to persuade us that the recyclables we spend so long sifting don’t just wind up in a big hole in the ground anyway. J. Logan, Largs, ayrshire.

FURTHER to the scourge of discarded plastic destroying our environment, how did our forebears survive without clutching a bottle of water when venturing out of the house? John Golden, Chard, somerset.

THE BBC states its pay scales relate to talent. However, looking at the list in the Mail, it seems the least talented are paid the most. Paul Morley, skipton, n. yorks.

OF COURSE the Chancellor handed Theresa May a lozenge. After all, he’s in charge of the Government’s coff-coff-coffers. Vincent hefter, richmond, surrey.

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