Straight to the POINT

IS IT not time to do a Ronald Reagan: sack all the Southern Rail drivers and offer to re-employ them on ‘driver-only’ terms?

BRIAN MORRIS, Wellesbourne, Warks.

AS OUR Armed Forces are so short of recruits, why not conscript the army of knights created recently by various governments? Simple!

G. JACKSON, Sheffield.

IF THERE’S a possibility of resurrecting the mammoth, doesn’t the human race owe the dodo a second chance as well?

JAMES WELLS, Billericay, Essex.

DONALD TRUMP isn’t the first slob to be elected U.S. President. There have been at least five in recent years, three Democrats and two Republicans. Trump evens up the score.

J. LONG, Prestbury, Glos.

IF WE’RE going to breed frozen mammoth material with living elephants, I suggest Tony Blair as a donor. He’s as thick-skinned as they come.

ANN CHEESEMAN, Brigg, Lincs.

GREAT news! I’ve seen a cyclist — on a cycle lane! The millions the government has spent on them has been worth it after all.

GEOFF COOK, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear.

BUSINESS rates to rise? No problem for our local councils: if half the companies go bust, they’ll just double the rates for those left.

Name and address supplied.

IF THE Archbishop of Canterbury wants to make political points, he should stand for election.

JENNIFER CAMERON, London NW2.

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