Straight to the POINT

THE surgeon who saved my life isn’t paid anywhere near Gary Lineker’s £1,754,999, but I know who earns and is worth their salary.

E. Martin, ipswich.

THE Tory leadership candidates sound more like Blackadder’s Baldrick: both have a plan, but neither can expand on it.

JOHN BROOK, Christchurch, Dorset.

IT’S obvious who the luvvies and the BBC want as Prime Minister — and it’s not Boris!

CHRISTOPHER ELLIS, Colkirk, norfolk.

JEREMY HUNT is said to be a safe pair of hands. That’s what we were told about Theresa May, and look at the mess that got us into.

CAROL BOND, Ware, Herts.

THANK goodness for Glastonbury — Zoe Ball has taken a week off her radio show to recover.

PAMELA REYNOLDS, Benfleet, Essex.

I LOVE you, Cliff, but please learn a lesson from Tom Jones and let your hair go grey.

S. HURLEY, Exeter, Devon.

HELEN KENNETT, the off-duty nurse who was stabbed while tending a London Bridge attack victim, should be awarded the George Medal.

THOMAS LYALL, London SW3.

÷ IF THE Carry On films are revived, it would be a shame if their saucy tone is compromised in capitulation to daft political correctness.

F. HARVEY, Bristol.

÷ DOES Carol Vorderman expect us to believe she owes her shape to keeping fit? Her nose is the only part of her that hasn’t changed.

NANCIE RUTHERFORD, Sevenoaks, Kent.

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