Straight to the POINT

÷ IF THE Government keeps raising the retirement age, we’ll all end up working in B&Q.

DIANE SILVA, Lytham, Lancs. ÷DAVID BECKHAM says he’s just a normal person (Mail). Well, I’m a normal person, too, except that I just don’t have 280 million quid.

DOUG MATTHEWS, Nottingham. ÷ IF THAT terrorist shot in the Louvre (Mail) had been lying, instead, on the floor of Tate Modern, they would have roped the area off and called it an exhibit.

PHIL NORTH, Brigg, Lincs. ÷ GOOD news for children, with half-term coming up: we’re out of vegetables!

BEN HIGGS, Haddenham, Bucks. ÷ WE MIGHT help the vegetable shortage if we were to revert to the old-fashioned habit of eating fruit and veg mainly in season. We don’t need asparagus in winter, air-freighted from Peru.

ROD CRISP, Hunstanton, Norfolk. ÷ NO WONDER Olly Robbins looks so pleased carrying the PM’s handbag. People have received knighthoods for less!

J. M. CALLISTER, Harrogate, North Yorks. ÷ JUST wondering: does anyone use Kaspersky internet security? BARRY LAZENBURY, Yate, Gloucs. ÷ I’M TOLD Donald Trump is inconsolable that Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has refused to meet him. BILL NAYLOR, Wilsford, Lincs. ÷ AT LEAST Donald Trump will help us to appreciate our monarchy a lot more. ALAN DEWFALL, Melksham, Wilts. ÷ A PRISON inmate used soap to slip his handcuffs off and escape (Mail). Talk about a clean getaway! VINCENT HEFTER, Richmond, Surrey.