Straight to the POINT

÷ Russians not HAS communists? anyone are now told nationalists Jeremy Corbyn and capitalists, that the ÷ IF DOOM-MONGERS are right Paul and Ruane, Russia leeds. may cut off GRAHAM our gas supply, ludlam, why South aren’t Wingfield, we fracking? derbys. ÷ negotiations IF ONLY Mrs as May she’s was been as tough with the with Russians. Brexit ÷ A BOYCOTT duncan of the CROCKER, World Cup hampton, by all leading middlesex. European half-empty football stadiums, nations reduced would fixtures, see fewer tourists and a hit to the Russian economy. name supplied, Smethwick, W. mids. ÷ BBC show Shakespeare & Hathaway — Private Investigators is a refreshing antidote to violent and angst-ridden police dramas with increasingly ludicrous storylines. JANET TAYLOR, halesowen, W. mids. ÷ MY LINGUISTIC bugbear (Mail) is ‘for me’, as in the ridiculous: ‘Sign this for me.’ FRAN camBeTTIe-daVIeS, carshalton, Surrey. ÷ ‘VERY’ is being replaced by ‘really’. Can we persuade TV presenters to use ‘really’ only when it means ‘in reality’, not ‘extremely’? John NATION, lakenheath, Suffolk. ÷ DID jockey Davy Russell have to book priority boarding to win the Ryanair Chase? m. Sheldon, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. ÷ CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond was wrong all the time he was Eeyore. Let’s hope he is still not going to be wrong now he is Tigger.

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