Straight to the POINT

÷ THERESA MAY is right — you can’t negotiate a beneficial Brexit as a government with a decreasing hold on power. You need one with a stronger grasp.

John Collins, Chelmsford, Essex.

÷ ON ELECTION night, can David Dimbleby arrange to keep Paddy Ashdown away from the nibbles in the green room? That way we might see him finally eat his hat.

Terence Murphy, london sE3.

÷ JEREMY CORBYN and his Labour Party will win . . . a great Conservative victory on June 8.

Brian Lynch, Brentwood, Essex.

÷ THAT robot postie (Mail) looks to me like another Sinclair C5 flop.

a. C. Simpson, london E11.

÷ WHY do front-line NHS services bear the brunt of ‘cuts’ and not executive salaries?

Mike Hairsine, sutton Coldfield, West Mids.

÷ ON THE bright side, longer operation delays give us time to save for hospital parking fees.

Nigel Kerr, Wellington, somerset.

÷ WHY do drinkers of energy drinks never have enough energy to put their cans in a bin?

Cliff Boulton, pluckley, kent .

÷ YOUR photo of cows on a Hever platform did not give a destination. The next stop: Cowden.

Brian Newton, Epsom, surrey.

÷ ELLIE HARRISON of Countryfile says she had ‘scarification’ with a blade to show allegiance to her partner. Call me old-fashioned, but I just married and forced him to share his worldly goods. It’s worked for 40 years.

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