Straight to the POINT

÷ WHY can’t I rejoice at Lewis Hamilton’s wins at Silverstone and elsewhere? I think it might be those over-large, flashy diamond earstuds.

M. MEREDITH, Gloucester.

÷SEEING the IS flag paraded outside Parliament (Mail), wouldn’t a little look at the owner’s computer have been justified by the police?

MICHAEL JOSEPH, Lelant, Cornwall.

÷ MUSIC in the bank while you queue (Mail)? How about Money, Money, Money for the CEOs and Penny Lane for the customers?

ANDREW PETTIGREW, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancs.

÷SINCE the BBC changed Titty’s name to Tatty (Mail) for its Swallows And Amazons, Winnie the Pooh has been anxiously awaiting his turn.

JOHN TAYLOR, Wareham, Dorset.

÷ GREECE might well have invented democracy but is now tackling in hockracy.

DAVID BECK, Sale, Cheshire.

÷ WE’VE just had a referendum in our house and voted not to pay the mortgage any more.

St J. COX, Taunton, Somerset.

÷ MIGHT the Greek financial crisis have been avoided if their government had taken out Payment Protection Insurance?

PAUL TURNBULL, Crook, Co Durham.

÷ WHEN I renew my TV licence, do I still pay at the Post Office or send it direct to Clare Balding?

BILLY GATES, Rainham, Essex.

÷ THE BBC now has the perfect excuse to cull some of its prima donna presenters and reporters.

MARTIN HEARD, Greasby, Wirral.

÷ WE FREQUENTLY hear the Government say benefits aren’t good for British people and it plans to cut them. So why does it insist on giving £12 billion in benefits to foreign countries?

IAN DUNLOP, Staplecross, Sussex.