Straight to the POINT

BLIMEY! Boffins say intelligent, healthy people succeed in life. Next they’ll be telling us film-star good looks also help. A. SMITH, South Petherton, Somerset.

WE ARE witnessing the demise of spoken English (Letters) with the word ‘to’ pronounced as ‘ter’ by TV presenters. C. CARLILE, Sidmouth, Devon.

IF THE 1p coin is axed, it will have to be replaced with a 99p coin. JOHN ATKINSON, Gainsborough, Lincs.

LEAVE campaigners organised a go-slow on the M6 during last Friday’s rush hour. Who organises it on the other 51 Fridays of the year? JOHN ROSE, Warwick.

WAS it Diane Abbott who estimated how many marched through London to demand a second referendum? TERRY PEAKE, Taunton, Somerset.

WHAT about a Leavers vs Remainers football match to decide Brexit? We would need VAR as the goalposts keep moving. DAVID HAYES, Sandwich, Kent.

I SEE Richard Branson is still dispensing Brexit advice from his Caribbean hideaway. TERRY CALDON, Thanet, Kent.

I KNOW I shouldn’t, but I have stockpiled against the possibility of a No Deal. I have bought an extra tin of baked beans and a packet of cream crackers. TOM GARTLAND, Addlestone, Surrey.

BREXIT delayed? Brexit betrayed. J. W. MORTIMER, Brackley, Northants.