Straight to the POINT

÷ MPs should ask Santa for a dictionary so they can look up the meaning of ‘transition’. They will find it necessarily involves change, so when it comes to Brexit, it makes no sense to talk about a standstill or status quo transition.

Dr D. R. COOPER, Maidenhead, Berks.

÷ ‘YOUTHQUAKE’ is so popular that the first time I became aware of it was when it was declared to be the ‘word of the year’ (Mail).

JOHN HILLIER, Portsmouth, Hants.

÷ WE LIVE in such a throwaway society the best Christmas decorations I have seen this year are gracing my local recycling centre.

ROLAND GRIFFITHS, Nantwich, Cheshire.

÷ MANCHESTER United used to be the best team in the world. Now they are not even the best team in Manchester.

GEORGE VALENTINE, Rotherham, S. Yorks.

÷ DIANE ABBOTT warns of the terrible effects on the NHS if migrant numbers collapse. There are three types of people in the world: those who can add up and those who can’t.

S. GERRARD, York.

÷ I TRIED to explain to an overseas friend who Gary Lineker was: ‘He’s highly paid by the BBC to tell TV viewers what happened in a football match they’ve just watched.’

BILL NAYLOR, Wilsford, Lincs.

÷ SINCE the Royal Mail is refusing to issue a commemorative stamp to mark Britain’s exit from the EU, surely some company could produce Brexit stickers for envelopes.

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