Straight to the POINT

THE Labour Party’s position on Brexit has more flip-flops than a seaside shoe shop. Richard Sharp, polegate, E. Sussex.

WERE there many foreign players in topflight teams when England won the World Cup in 1966 (Letters)? Yes. They were Scots. Ron Edwards, Leicester.

WHAT is the point of building a high-speed train to save a few minutes if few people can’t afford to pay rail fares any more? George West, Groby, Leicester.

ANGUS MacNeil on Alex Salmond’s RT show (Mail) and official Russian statistics show 99.9 per cent of Scotland tuned in. Amazing! Jean Allison, perth.

PHILIP HAMMOND is willing to pay the £40 billion Brexit bill yet he’s reluctant to increase the defence budget by £2 billion. Brian Mason, Swadlincote, derbys.

LAST week the BBC was in a state of near ecstasy over the anniversary of Finland’s independence from Russia, while continuing to oppose a similar status for Britain. John Braithwaite, Leominster, hereford.

MIGRANT double sex attacker Aliou Bah from Guinea is awarded £110,000? This is scandalous. Use some common sense. We should charge him £110,000 for his upkeep. Alan Stackman, calne, wilts.

IF GUINEA, which refused to accept the sex attacker’s deportation, lost its £500 million UK annual aid, it would comply with our request. Alan Robson, St ives, cambs.