POINT

÷ IT ISN’T the monkeypox virus bringing about the next plague that we need to fear. It will be the rats, multiplying in their thousands due to local councils emptying waste bins only once every four weeks.

Mr D. Matthews, Nottingham.

÷ WOULDN’T it have been good if Lewis Hamilton had said to the team bosses: ‘No, let Valtteri win — he deserves it.’

IaN weIghell-NewtoN, stockton on tees.

÷ AND the Chancellor’s greatest achievement is . . . the fastest U-turn on the block.

M. a. oweN, thetford, Norfolk.

÷ FURTHER to teaching assistant Sion Rickard’s immature outburst, I suggest that he brushes up on his knowledge of English so that if he is let loose on a class of children, he is able to differentiate between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’.

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

÷ TO CUT the number of road deaths where a seatbelt was not worn, a simple feed connection to prevent a car starting until the seat belt is clicked would save numerous lives.

evelyN Morey, Margate, Kent.

÷ TO LISTEN to the ever more belligerent Remainers, you would think we had always been in the EU and could not otherwise exist.

MICK BrIDgstoCK, rushden, Northants.

÷ BACKPACKS not suitable for old people (Mail) — what next? I suppose a bikini is out?

JeaN CooPer, Bletchley, Bucks.

÷ I AM 80 and prefer a backpack to a handbag as it leaves my hands free for when I fall over!

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