Straight to the POINT

WHY rail against a wealth tax? Surely those with the deepest pockets should shoulder the greatest burden.

TERRY COATES, Birmingham.

SCOTTISH Labour leadership candidate Monica Lennon has asked why independence ‘is such a polarising issue’. If she hasn’t worked that out, she shouldn’t be an MSP, let alone party leader.

MARTIN REDFERN, Melrose, Roxburghshire.

THERESA May accuses Boris of tearing up the foreign aid target. If the British people were to be given a vote on this issue the target would be cut to the bone.

MIKE HIGGINS, dundee. I’D LIKE to see a job description for a university vice chancellor to see what they do for their money.

DAVID EDWARDS, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.

IT CERTAINLY is a chock-a-blockdown (Mail). I’ve decided to forgo my daily walk because I feel unsafe and anxious due to the crowds. B. NICOL, grimsby, Lincs.

FINE the football managers and the silly goal celebrations will disappear overnight. RALPH DONCASTER, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

SHOULDN’T we be celebrating the fact that the Prime Minister, whom we nearly lost to Covid, is able to cycle seven miles? HEATHER SPINK, Heathfield, E. Sussex

IF PIERS Corbyn and his followers think Covid is a hoax, why don’t they volunteer in the under-staffed hospitals? PETER BECKLEY, Crawley, W. Sussex.

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