Straight to the POINT

CALLING £1 million Armando the Lewis Hamilton of racing pigeons (Mail) is an insult. I bet the bird doesn’t whinge and blame everyone but himself when he doesn’t win. JULIAN ORME, Martin Mill, Kent.

THE UK Government is consulting on making electric scooters legal for use on the road (Mail). Surely they should be on the pavement alongside cyclists, dogs on long leads, packs of joggers, serial smokers and dog filth. CLARK CROss, Linlithgow, West Lothian. IF SCHOOLS are washing pupils’ clothes (Mail), who does the rest of the family wash? JEAN WARE, Watton, Norfolk.

I HAVE a house-proud mouse in my garage, too (Mail). I was puzzled when stale cake I left out for it on a plate was replaced by nails. GORDON TYLER, Market Deeping, Lincs.

WILL Gina Miller take the Government to court for contempt of the democratic process and conspiracy to defraud the public over the legal instruction to leave the EU? JIM PARRY, Chester. WHAT Brexit boils down to is the people’s will versus the parliamentary won’t. BARRY s. sMITH, Prestatyn, Denbighshire. IT’S bad enough being fleeced by real taxmen without being fleeced by fake ones. ALAN JACOBs, Biddenham, Beds.

ON A visit to a museum, I saw schoolchildren beside their coach, with the engine idling and exhaust fumes aiming straight at them. MARK WOODWARD, Leamington spa, Warks.