Straight to the POINT

■ WILL the police fine the idiots congregating in Nottingham’s parks in the sunshine?

T. SAYER, Bristol.

■ HOW can £2.6 million be spent on decorating a room? Who did it, Michelangelo?

CHRIS SHARP, Leeds.

■ BORIS JOHNSON’S private life is an embarrassment. It doesn’t reflect well on the integrity of the man who gives us advice that we are supposed to respect.

NICK SMITH, Blandford Forum, Dorset.

■ PLAID Cymru are going all out to win the Senedd election. I’ve received more leaflets from them than the other parties put together.

SIMON R. GLADDISH, Swansea.

■ DOMINIC LAWSON is right (Mail). During my 20 years on a hospital reception desk, I know the word ‘sorry’ diffuses most difficult situations.

MARILYN FINESTER, Stanmore, Gtr London.

■ NO WONDER Gregg Wallace sounds like a market barrow boy (Letters). He started off selling fruit and veg. Good for him!

AMANDA YATES, Newcastle upon Tyne.

■ I’M FED up with ‘I need a holiday’ moaners. No one has ever died from not going abroad.

M. STACEY, Youlgreave, Derbys.

■ EARLY last year I paid £520 for annual travel insurance. Not only was I not offered a refund but the premium has increased to £600.

COLIN DRURY, Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan.

■ I FIND myself gaping at the rare sight of a vapour trail just like a slack-jawed yokel in the Wright brothers era.

MARIANNE BARTRAM, Sherborne, Dorset.

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