Straight to the POINT

÷WHY is the £2 billion raised by the Government from the sale of the analogue TV waveband described as a ‘windfall’ when it’s being financed partly by my 93-year-old mother-in-law having to pay £200 for a new digital aerial?

BERNIE BaKER, littlehampton, Sussex. ÷A TOTAL of £850 BILLION has been given to the financial sector to bail out those with capital. The UK benefits bill per year is £165 billion — five years’ worth of bank bailouts. So who are the scroungers?

KEVIN PaRKER, Ulveston, Cumbria. ÷WITH the price of potato crisps rising, it’s going to cost us all a packet.

DaVID S. WIllCOCKS, Congleton, Cheshire. ÷LET’S not think for one second that Jimmy Savile has escaped any punishment for his odious behaviour. He’s being well and truly punished now. Vengeance is Mine, saith the Lord.

DIaNE WIlSON, lee-on-the-Solent, Hants. ÷IT SEEMS we can add another traditional winter festival to those of Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night and Christmas: the annual energy price hike.

BRIaN SYKES, Hornchurch, Essex. ÷NO DOUBT the FA’s new centre of excellence has a state-of-the-art tattoo parlour.

P. J. TaYlOR, Sutton in Craven, West Yorks.