Straight to the POINT

■ HOPE they haven’t thrown away the mould that made Colonel Sir Tom Moore. This world desperately needs more like him.

GORDON SCOTT, Largs, Ayrshire.

■ NEW Covid rules: wear one sock; eat cereal standing on your head; speak Mandarin through a snorkel; track and trace your guinea pig.

CHARLOTTE PRIMROSE, Lawford, Essex.

■ THE BBC bans non-pc terms, but appears to have no issues in broadcasting the F-word.

ALAN PRESTON, Chorley, Lancs.

■ HERE’S my suggestion for the new BBC director-general: restore impeccable diction for newsreaders.

JAMES WOOLLEY, Halifax, W. Yorks.

■ VERY enjoyable Last Night Of The Proms. Not an EU flag in sight!

TREVOR ELLIS, Leeds.

■ OUR final message to the EU should be: ‘So long, and thanks for all the fish.’

K. BENNETT, Fowey, cornwall.

■ HARRY — the Royal formerly known as Prince.

JIM ADAMSON, Cupar, Fife.

■ THE collective term should be a meddling of experts.

DAVID WILKINSON, Knaresborough, N. Yorks.

■ THREE cheers for the Royal Mail. A secondclass parcel posted at 10.45am was delivered in Darlington at 9.30am the next day.

A. ESDALE, Bangor, Gwynedd.

■ SAVE our Christmas? What we need is more backbone and less self-indulgence.

KEN WOOD, Newport, South Wales.

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