Straight to the POINT

■ IF THE Public Order Act was rushed through in days, why is the Illegal Immigration Bill having a torturous passage through Parliament?

GEORGE SKELLY, Wallasey, Merseyside.

■ REDUCE the voting age to 12 and the Monster Raving Loony Party will find itself in power!

JAMES LAWRENSON, Huddersfield, W. Yorks.

■ IF THE civil service is running Government, it should be on the next ballot paper.

ALAN HODGETTS, Harleston, Norfolk.

■ TOW the migrant barges up the Thames and moor them alongside Parliament.

E. KELLY, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

■ CONSIDERING how many barges are needed, migrants will be able to hop from one to another all the way from France to Britain.

C. D. FIELD, Middlesbrough, N. Yorks.

■ THE Archbishop of Canterbury rants about the Rwanda scheme. Then he gets a speeding fine. I now believe in karma.

STUART A. CHALLIS, Chelmsford, Essex.

■ I’VE bought an eco hybrid electric car, so I wish the planet would show some gratitude and stop trying to blow over my runner beans.

MIKE FROST, Tiptree, Essex.

■ PAIRING food and wine is whimsy (Mail). I ordered white wine in a fish restaurant in France and the other diners tutted.

BILL TOWNLEY, address supplied.

■ I DON’T blame King Charles for wanting to carry on living in Clarence House. Buckingham Palace is a royal office block.

BRIAN BEST, High Wycombe, Bucks.

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