LETTERS

Carping Davis

INSTEAD of carping on about what Theresa May should and should not have done, David Davis could have done his job properly when he was Brexit Secretary.

He could then be writing articles with authority instead of taking pot shots at Mrs May (Mail).

To achieve Brexit, we need all politicians to take steps against an unruly bunch of unelected know nothings in Brussels, not constantly carp at our Prime Minister.

ANTHONY COOK, Billingshurst, W. Sussex. A FINGER-WAGGING Theresa May was pictured under the headline ‘May: Now do your duty’ (Mail).

That’s rich! If the Prime Minister and MPs had done as they were instructed by the referendum result, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

All delayers and Remainers should hang their heads in shame and resign. I won’t hold my breath, though.

TREVOR HOWARD, Wolverhampton, W. Mids.

Theresa Meerkat

SIMPLES! Mrs May’s meerkat impersonation suits her, due to her disappearance in the run-up to the referendum before popping up when the coast was clear to grab the juicy prize of becoming Prime Minister.

What we need is her Churchill impression — the great man, not the dopey dog.

ALAN HARVEY, Yarm, N. Yorks. COULD the BBC please set aside a radio and TV channel that is dedicated to Brexit so we can reclaim the news programmes? GRAHAME THORNTON,

Sherborne, Dorset.

Call this a crackdown?

SINCE January, the Home Office has deported ‘more than ten’ people who came here illegally in boats (Mail).

Are we supposed to be impressed with this figure, which is a small percentage of the many who have arrived over recent months?

The Home Office professes its determination to remove those with no right to be in the UK, but the chances of this happening are slim.

MPs have been told by the chief constable c of Kent police that migrants are dialling 999 to organise their rescue.

As they are paying £5,000 a head to get across the Channel, they are not short of a bob or two, so should pay for accommodation, food and medical c treatment while their inevitable asylum a applications are processed.

MICHAEL SMYTH, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

Paying P for TV — again

WE PAY an exorbitant TV licence fee to the BBC, finance the adverts shown s on ITV through the products we buy and endure ‘sponsored by . . .’ trailers for every other show.

The majority of viewers pay Sky, Virgin V or BT for a box to watch TV. And channels such as Dave and Alibi broadcast back- catalogue shows from years gone by. So why do the BBC and ITV think we are going to pay again for boxsets streamed on their new venture, BritBox?

Will all those channels that survive on showing back- catalogue shows on Freeview be closed down? Will Netflix, Amazon Prime and Apple lower their monthly rates?

How many times can we be charged to watch the same TV programmes? And let’s face it, most of them are pretty dire! DAVE JOHNS, Brighton.

RIP British comedy

MUCH as I love Martin Clunes in Doc Martin, his new comedy, Warren, does him no favours. What is funny about fly-tipping? This show is even worse than Mrs Brown’s Boys.

What has happened to good old British humour? Political correctness has played a part in its demise, along with the freedom to use foul language at the drop of a hat.

Mrs JENI YOUNG, Wirral, Cheshire.

Key to a happy retirement

I AGREE that retirement is overrated (Letters). When I retired last year after 35 years running a database management and mailing company, I found time hung heavy on my hands.

With an aversion to flying and cruising, travel was not an option. So I became a governor of the local primary school.

Now I am the chairwoman and I have found a fulfilling role. There’s no pay, but that is not the issue. Feeling I am returning something to the community is reward enough. I

certainly encourage other bored retirees to use all of their experience to help the next generation.

C. McCRAE, Worth, Kent.

Rubbish driver

I FULLY support Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean, which is backed by the Mail.

I was passing a parked car when a drink was thrown out of the window in front of me. Instinctively, I picked it up and threw it back into the vehicle.

My blood ran cold when I realised this could have been a stupid thing to do, as there were four young men in the car. To my relief, they drove off — with their litter. Phew!

JOHN DACE, Brighton.

Noble donations

I WILL donate my kidneys when I die because my son has only one and I know the effect this has had on him.

Voluntary organ donation is noble. however, compulsory donation unless you opt out is to be made law. It’s tanta-mount to body-snatching.

IVOR ROBERT, Morton, Lincs.

Playing with nature

REINTRODUCED wild boar running amok and breeding too fast are to be culled (Mail). red kites, who were saved after they were hunted almost to extinction, have also become prolific.

These species have been placed in an environment that is nothing like it was when they roamed naturally.

To reintroduce a species and then kill it is not conservation, it is cruelty.

There is talk of bringing back wolves and lynx to Britain. When they kill off all the local wildlife and target pets, will they, too, be culled? Sadly, we can’t turn the clock back after destroying natural habitats. Trying to bring these creatures back is wrong for them and us. J. HALL, Great Bradley, Suffolk.

Denim disaster

THE photo of holly Willoughby wearing the latest offerings from Marks & Spencer sums up why so many of the company’s stores are closing.

I am sure she will never again be seen wearing this outfit of a denim mini, a ruffled shirt and white ankle boots.

M&S’s core customers don’t go there for fashion; they want good-quality clothes for work and casual occasions, but you can’t find this in the stores. My town’s M&S is set to close at the end of April and I will not be travelling to another branch. MARYLOU JOHNSTON,

Buxton, Derbys. IT’S good to see M&S bring-ing back Sixties fashion. I had a denim mini and white boots at that time, as well as another of holly’s choices, a denim boilersuit, in 1987.

Today’s fashions are dire in comparison. The sooner we persuade women to stop wear-ing leggings the better. What a great bonfire we could have if everyone discarded them! MADELINE BATES,

St Helier, Jersey.