Straight to the POINT

■ DID the police officer who said ‘burglars have rights, too’ (Mail) really mean ‘only burglars have rights’?

ROGER LANCASTER, Bristol. ■ PERHAPS working-class white boys are not going to university (Mail) because they are training to be electricians, plumbers, motor mechanics and joiners.

DAVID WOOD, Newark, Notts. ■ I CAN forecast when the dry spell will come to an end — just after my new garden furniture is delivered.

PETE WILLIAMS, Hayes, Middlesex. ■ DOES Rishi’s call for a £10 penalty for missing GP appointments work the other way?

ENID EVERTON, Enfield, North London. ■ SUNAK and Truss promise this, that and the other, but when? This year, next year or never?

ALAN JACOBS, Biddenham, Beds. ■ WHAT is a woman? Someone who can beat the Germans in a final.

ALAN GRANT, Ticehurst, E. Sussex. ■ DON’T make a fuss about the menopause (Letters)? Consider yourself lucky if you sailed through it. It destroyed me and it’s been a struggle to keep my job.

ANN MALLARD, Somerset. ■ MONOPOLY players want the Electric Company — when other players land on it, they are bankrupted when they pay their energy bill.

KEITH LANGLEY, Nottingham. ■ NO NEED to look for a permanent host for Countdown: stick with delightful Colin Murray.

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