Straight to the POINT

÷ WHY is Carrie Gracie moaning? The BBC have employed her for 30 years and no doubt will provide her with a generous pension.

STUART MEALL, Newton-le-Willows, Lancs.

÷ THERE is a simple answer to the gender pay gap at the BBC. All the women can simply say they ‘identify’ as men.

Mrs J. M. GRINNELL, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall.

÷ AS SOON as a prospective employer mentions the word diversity, the indigenous white male applicant hasn’t got a hope.

CHRISTOPHER ELLIS, Colkirk, Norfolk.

÷ WHO is going to explain to the nomads in the Sahara, where the sand is covered with snow, that it’s all down to global warming?

IAN JOSEPHS, Monaco.

÷ IS IT now ‘Patient, heal thyself’?

IAN McLELLAND, Barnsley, S. Yorks.

÷ NEVER mind, Toby Young. You’ve resigned as the university regulator (Mail), but you’ve got a bright future as stunt double for Phil Mitchell in EastEnders.

TERRY HICKMAN, Southampton, Hants.

÷ I HAVE discovered what the increase in my rail fare has been spent on — a brochure on every train seat about how wonderful London Bridge station is after its refurb. Shame my train goes to Victoria.

TERRY BARTON, Broadstairs, Kent.

÷ I RELUCTANTLY agree with Dominic Lawson that Twitter is turning us into children — though my first response was to scream, stamp my feet and throw my food about.

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