Straight to the POINT

÷ THE next time I hit my thumb with a hammer, I’ll shout ‘Oh, Brexit!’ rather than the usual Anglo-Saxon expletives.

JERRY LORD, address supplied.

÷ WILL no one rid us of this increasingly turbulent Parliament?

BRYAN WOODBURN, Bolton.

÷ BOEING’S ‘optional’ cockpit warning light shows we should be able to override every computer system. Human designed, human controlled.

BILL MONEYPENNY, Widnes, Cheshire.

÷ DID Emily Maitlis get the job as main presenter of BBC’s Newsnight based on the number of times she interrupts interviewees?

DAVE WILLIAMS, Cardiff.

÷ HOW can a list of the best crisps not mention the sadly discontinued Burton’s Potato Puffs?

STEVE MITCHELL, London SE8.

÷ MY FOUR daughters have always called my wife their bonus mother (Mail). It’s much better than stepmother, and without the wicked connotations.

ARNIE WILSON, Haywards Heath, W. Sussex.

÷ PATRIOTISM has been shown at Westminster — by seven police dogs who have been honoured for showing a sense of duty, loyalty and bravery during terror attacks (Mail).

N. WOODS, Chilton, Co. Durham.

÷ WHILE Parliament is being refurbished, why not relocate the MPs to York? There’s plenty of room in The Shambles.

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