Straight to the POINT

÷ HOW ironic! The French protest about fuel prices by using petrol to start fires. RONALD BALL, Farnborough, Hants. ÷ A FEW weeks ago, diesel was 5p a litre more than petrol, now it’s 11p more. MIKE SMITH, Stafford. ÷ WHY anyone would try to recreate Poirot (Letters) after David Suchet’s genius performances? Have a go at Maigret — there is much scope for improvement there. JOHN NORTHRIDGE, Derby. ÷ THOSE who support Mrs May’s deal say it’s not ideal. Why don’t they admit it’s not a genuine Brexit? COLIN DRURY, Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan. ÷ WHY did the cash-strapped BBC send political editor Laura Kuenssberg all the way to Argentina to ask Theresa May the same questions she was asking before she went and will no doubt be asking when she returns? BRIAN CHRISTLEY, Abergele, Conwy. ÷ THERESA MAY has certainly shown her mettle in sticking to her guns. Pity those guns appear to be pointing in the wrong direction. MICHAEL COLLIER, Sidmouth, Devon. ÷ TALK about a back-handed compliment (Mail). I was left speechless after the birth of my first child when my mother-in-law said: ‘Let’s hope he inherits his father’s brains and his mother’s personality.’ PAULINE STALLARD, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

÷ DO-GOODERS complaining about armed police in London wouldn’t walk down those streets if there were only bobbies on bikes.

BRIAN FLETCHER, Filey, N. Yorks. FOR permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk