Straight to the POINT

■ IF MY dachshunds, Max and Otto, were border guards, there is no chance any sausages could be smuggled into Ireland.

GRAHAM DARK, Hunstanton, Norfolk.

■ HOW disappointing there were no sausages for the G7 barbecue.

PATRICK FLANAGAN, Hythe, Kent.

■ WHY would the EU risk its gravy train by allowing us to send sausages to Northern Ireland? Give them black pudding instead.

ROD BLY, Sheffield.

■ HOW was Joe Biden’s 17-vehicle motorcade environmentally friendly?

ADRIAN BONNINGTON, Northampton.

■ THE staff shortage in hospitality is a lesson to be learned for undervaluing young people.

BARRY DAVIES, Chorley, Lancs.

■ SOME are still on furlough (Letters) because there is no work in the theatres. How else could they afford to eat and pay the rent?

S. GRIFFITHS, Northampton.

■ WHY have church bells been silenced after one complaint (Mail)? I moved next to a church when the clock chimes were broken. When they were fixed, I soon got used to them. I’ve moved and miss the clock striking.

SHIRLEY ONGLEY, Milton Keynes, Bucks.

■ THE most important thing I did during lockdown — which preserved my health, sanity and marriage — was to buy a second TV.

ALAN HARRISON, london N14.

■ TAKE the knee? I’d never get back up.

BABS NICOL, Grimsby, Lincs.

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