Straight to the POINT

WITH David Cameron’s threat to remove benefits from the under-25s and Nick Clegg’s betrayal on university fees, it might be an idea for the Coalition to raise the voting age to 26.

SIMON G. GOSDEN, Rayleigh, Essex. ÷ISN’T it about time the Prime Minister started using his loaf? Listen to your electorate, Mr Cameron.

JOHN MILLS, Sheffield, South Yorks.

VIRTUALLY all TV adverts for new cars (including Jaguar) feature left-hand drive models. Is this another insidious EU directive to make the UK change sides?

PETE DICKERSON, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

THE Prime Minister said: ‘We will build a land of opportunity’ (Mail). Perhaps he meant opportunists. Chambers definition: ‘Politicians who wait for events before declaring their opinions, or shape their policies to circumstances of the moment.’

WILLIAM G. CONNOR, Lincoln.

WHY the fuss about the cost of the Lottery doubling after 19 years? Next time you’re in the supermarket, try to find something that hasn’t gone up far more than double in that time.

P. LACEY, Nottingham.