Straight to the POINT

CUSTOMERS are cheesed off that McDonald’s is increasing the price of burgers. JEAN COOPER, Milton Keynes, Bucks.

THE worrying thing about the increase in the price of a cheeseburger is that to some people this is a national emergency. SUSAN DANCE, Harrogate, N. Yorks.

THANKS, Jo Elvin, for writing about being skinny (Femail). I was called a stick insect, but now I’m proud to be long and lean. CAROLE CHAMBERS, Bristol.

THE Easter card I posted to my niece in New South Wales in April arrived last week. I think I should post early for Christmas. GEORGE TYSON, Crowborough, E. Sussex.

PERHAPS John Swinney leaping to the defence of Nicola Sturgeon was not such a good idea – everyone knows she like the limelight. GERALD EDwARDS, Glasgow. THE Tory leadership contest does not bode well. It’s like going to Africa and choosing whether to be eaten by a lion or a crocodile. GEOff MOORE, Alness, Highlands.

THERE’S no need for the word ‘greedflation’ to describe firms using the cost of living crisis to ramp up prices (Mail). It’s profiteering. IAN DARKE, Sale Moor, Gtr Manchester.

PRESIDING person (Mail)? When my mother served on the local council, she was happy to be referred to as Madam Chairman. NEVILLE wITHERS, London w3.

I ASKED a friend if he was paid monthly or fortnightly. He said: ‘Neither – every two weeks.’ DAVE HOwITT, Harrogate, N. Yorks.

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