Straight to the POINT

÷ ONLY in the U.S. could the choice for the next President be between a narcissistic lunatic and a dim-witted geriatric.

Sandy Pratt, Storrington, W. Sussex.

÷ ON MY pension of £173 per week it would take me 111 years to pay for the £1,000,000 pay rise given to Zoe Ball.

terry Cheetham, address supplied.

÷ CONGRATULATIONS Daily Mail for such an uplifting sight of the Lakes, it cheered me and the family to gasp in wonder. These two pages will be kept as a reminder that nature always brings hope during trying times.

david harvey, Chippenham, Wilts.

÷ I WAS interested to discover that Sir Keir Starmer has given up meat to save the planet. Yet we have at the same time a burgeoning dog population whose staple food is . . . meat.

Jacqueline Wyllie, Glasgow.

÷ STARMER is demanding children be put at the front of the Covid-19 test list. Emergency services, doctors, nurses, etc, are far more important than the kids at school who will hardly notice it.

John Bowyer, lincoln.

÷ WHAT are the National Trust’s plans for those wonderful houses linked to colonialism — knock them down? What about the pyramids — didn’t they have slaves?

Stuart Sharman, Worthing. W. Sussex.

÷ ABOUT following the rules — why on earth are so many people prepared to play Russian roulette with a disease that kills?

John Brook, highcliffe, dorset.

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