Straight to the POINT

■ WHY is it unfair on young people to raise National Insurance to pay for elderly care? It’s their inheritances we’re protecting and one day they’ll be old, too.

CHERYL FELIX, Marton, Lincs.

■ IT WOULD be more impressive if the Haberdashers’ Aske’s schools renounced the money rather than their founder’s name.

R. BRADSHAW, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan.

■ MORE jail time is being proposed if you steal a dog than if you beat up someone in a drunken rage on the street.

B. QUELCH, Bognor Regis, W. Sussex.

■ THE Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are offering a cheapskate salary for a chef. Let them eat cake!

DIANE SILVA, Bournemouth, Dorset.

■ I DON’T mind paying for the TV licence. There are no adverts on the BBC and it works out at less than £14 a month, which isn’t bad compared to what the streaming sites charge.

PHILIP CLARK, Wakefield, W. Yorks.

■ IF HILARY Mantel is so against the monarchy, why not return her Damehood?

PAT BELFIELD, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

■ MY GREAT-NIECE was queen of the road (Mail) aged 23 as an HGV driver in Norway. It must have been a shock when she clambered out of the cab with painted fingernails.

LYNDIE LEVENTON, Tadley, Hants.

■ WHEN it comes to his Cabinet, someone should explain to Boris Johnson the difference between loyalty and stupidity.

JANET MARSHALL, Gosforth, Cumbria.

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