Straight to the POINT

÷ WHAT next for BoJo – cancel Christmas? JOHN A FRAWLEY, Tuam, Co. Galway.

÷ BORIS Johnson is not stealing British democracy. He is doing the opposite by hopefully forcing through the wishes of the majority expressed in a properly conducted referendum against undemocratic MPs who wish to stop it. N. WOODS, by email.

÷ TO try to salvage something from last week’s trouncing by England, in fairness the Irish had much better tans than the English. But the part of the Irish that got by far the best tanning was their rear-ends. PETER McGINNITY, by email.

÷ STRICTLY appears to have given up on famous contestants and is now open to the public. I. HARRINGTON, by email.