Live here, pay tax here. It’s not difficult

£25 STAR LETTER

If it is possible to be shocked but not surprised that’s what I was when I heard the wife of the UK’S chancellor isn’t registered in the UK to pay tax from her overseas income. Of course, she’s not and of course the Tories say the family of politicians shouldn’t be dragged into it. Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they?

Mrs Sunak is one of the richest women in Britain with more money than the Queen because of her family’s IT company in India. Just for the look of things, you might think she would want to pay tax in the country where she lives, where her husband gets to shape the finances of all the little people? Fat chance.

She is, of course, not breaking the law. They never are. Maybe we should be looking at the laws. Samantha Murchie, by email

A different horror?

I feel so sorry for the Ukrainians, the ones that are still there and the ones that got out but a lot of us also felt so sorry for the Syrians when they were facing the same onslaught from the same country. I don’t remember everyone rushing to open their homes or their borders when their people were forced to flee.

Jaqui Hartley, Livingston

Hic Presto!

It was good to read that children’s entertainers are getting a turn as parents make up for lost parties during lockdown.

My wife hired a belter of a magician for our daughter’s sixth or seventh birthday. He was more than half-cut when he arrived, did some tricks, ate most of the sausage rolls and a big bit of cake, then started chatting up my wife’s sister before heading off to another party. The kids liked him though.

Then there was my pal who was working in Glasgow’s most upmarket department store one Christmas when they had to sack three Santas in 10 days for, in no particular order, boozing, thieving and pestering the mums. Name and address supplied

Russia toady

If Alex Salmond really did not realise what Russia Today was all about before signing up for a chat show, he must know now after they claimed the killing of civilians in Ukraine was fake news. He should be ashamed of himself.

Jill Patrick, Glasgow

Match unfit

I read the story about the footballer who scored a hat-trick when he was meant to be suffering whiplash from a car crash. I doubt it will make him feel any better but when I used to play five-a-sides, I never scored a hat-trick but I suspect my teammates thought I played like I’d just been in a car crash.

Jimmy Mckay, Glasgow

Blind robbery

Brilliant, another final episode of a big TV drama that is nothing of the kind. We had read there was going to be a Peaky Blinders film but to trick viewers into thinking Sunday night’s episode was going to be a big climax and then basically finish it with To Be Continued was a sneaky trick. Boo.

John Doole, Falkirk