Straight to the POINT

WHAT a blessing that Emma Thompson was able to celebrate her birthday in Los Angeles before jetting 5,400 miles to join the Extinction Rebellion in London. What would we have done without her? JEAN COMBEN, Truro, Cornwall. THE police say they had to respect the protesters’ rights. What about my right to go about my business unimpeded? TREV OBEE, Epsom, Surrey. HOW ridiculous to protest about lorries — how do the eco warriors think food and goods get to the shops? G. THOMAS, Knutsford, Cheshire. AS A former officer, we always said the best public order policeman was PC Downpour. A shower of rain always clears the streets. FRED MCMANUS, Paisley, Renfrewshire. MOST of the plants that decorated the sit-ins were in unrecyclable plastic pots with single-use labels. GRAHAM ANDERSON, Leeds, W. Yorks. MAN-MADE global warming is caused by overpopulation and consumerism. We should tell the protesters: no more sex or mobile phones from China. BILL DAVIS, Westerham, Kent. HOW did the protesters get to and from London? On foot? Bicycle? Pony and trap? B.W. PUGSLEY, address supplied. WHERE were Boris’s water cannon when we needed them? CHRISTOPHER BEAN, Great Sankey, Cheshire. 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