Straight to the POINT

÷ I WONDER if the president of Argentina has sent Nicola Sturgeon a message of encouragement.

JOHN MERRYN, Swindon, Wilts. ÷ I THOUGHT the reason Martin Freeman didn’t pay his wife’s debts was because he was a bit short.

CLIVE WHICHELOW, london SW19. ÷ SO THE Left-wing view on immigration is to welcome those who claim benefits or have HIV and need hugely expensive treatment, but persecute the non-doms who, in fact, pay huge amounts of tax, create jobs and open businesses?

Name supplied, Birmingham. ÷ TONY BLAIR thinks the British public isn’t capable of deciding whether to be joined to Europe. Well, we made up our own minds on that in 1939-45.

ALAN STACKMAN, Calne, Wilts. ÷ IF THE oil has to be extracted by nodding donkeys, we’ve got two in the Commons — Balls and Harman — who might soon need a job. JOHN JACKSON BROWN, South Petherton, Somerset. ÷LITTLEJOHN says we should call the non-doms ‘con-doms’ due to their financial contributions to the Tory Party (Mail). Given that they use their contributions as a form of protection against higher taxes, why don’t we leave out the hyphen?

DANIEL BROWN, Address supplied. ÷ ONE of your correspondents asks why food banks are being used more. Given a choice between a supermarket that demands payment and one that doesn’t, it’s a bit of a no-brainer!

G. M. PINDER, Abingdon, Oxon. ÷ IS IT any wonder the NHS hasn’t got money for essential services when patients do their ‘shopping’ at their GP’s surgery? It beggars belief that non-essentials such as hangover tablets and suncream are available on prescription in England. A hangover is self-inflicted – and stay out of the sun to avoid sunburn.

JANICE GLOYNE, Grundisburgh, Suffolk.