Straight to the POINT

BARONESS ALTMANN says she doesn’t have a magic pot of money for the women cheated out of the pensions they deserve. The £12 billion spent on aid projects such as subsidising India’s space programme and enriching African dictators would be a good start.

MICHAEL J. LOCKE, Rainham, Kent.

SOMEONE should tell pollster Patrick Sturgis that the best way to figure out the election result is to wait for the result.

NICK WILLIAMS, Brighton.

WHEN the Allenby Bridge over the Jordan was blown up in 1946, it didn’t take the British Army long to erect a Bailey bridge. Come along, generals, Tadcaster (Mail) needs your help.

ROY ATTWOOD, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

ONE of the best ways to teach children basic arithmetic is to get them to play darts.

JOHN LLEWELLYN, Rainham, Essex.

WITH Angela Merkel trying to repatriate any immigrants who commit criminal acts, can we expect a large number of UK human rights lawyers to relocate to Germany to ply their trade?

C. WRIGHT, Swavesey, Cambs.

AFTER all the coal and steel closures, there can’t be much industry left in Britain. Thank goodness we still have estate agents and hairdressers.

MELVYN AVIS, St Germans, Cornwall.

JEREMY CORBYN’S twisted mind thinks removing support from those who live on the Falklands will underline his hatred of Margaret Thatcher.

BRIAN CHRISTLEY, Abergele, Conwy.

SHOULD people take care of their elderly parents while they are still working or wait till they stop? With the state retirement age approaching 70, my husband and I will be 102 and 96 before our daughter retires. Mrs JANE GRUMMITT, Shavington, Cheshire.