Straight to the POINT

PAY £20,000 on an operation for a beloved dog (Mail)? I would in a heartbeat. SUSAN THORKILDSEN, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland.

STATINS fail to work for half of patients. Can women trust drugs that are only ever tested on men? Are they connected? H. STYLE, Richmond, Surrey.

THE Prime Minister is on a walking break. Keep on going and don’t come back. G. MARSH, Stockport, Cheshire.

I’M NOT impressed that M&S has paid Ant and Dec, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon £100,000 each to be the voices of self-service tills. Any staff member could have done it. SHEILA WATTS, Cheshunt, Herts.

WE NEED a new proverb: As patient as an Ecuadorian. Most of us would kick out the guest from hell after the first week. D. THORP, Manchester.

WHO needs EU fruit and veg? I’ve just bought Mexican blackberries in Morrisons. CATHIE QUENT, Fleet, Hants.

THE taste I miss is that of Huntley & Palmers Breakfast Biscuits (Letters). Nothing else can match them. BOB WALLACE, Hurstpierpoint, W. Sussex.