Straight to the POINT

÷ WHEN did the Government change it from Crime And Punishment to Crime And A Bit Of A Talking To?

B. Gunn, Redcar, Middlesbrough. ÷ JUST been knocked back for a loan by Wonga. Anyone got the telephone number for the idiots the Greeks call for their billions ?

Ken Hamer, abergele, Conwy. ÷ HAVING three slices of toast causes global warming (Mail)? Last week on the South Coast at the height of summer, it was cold, windy and dark during a raging storm. Bung on another slice!

Ray Bastin, Waterlooville, Hants. ÷ IF THE Chilcot inquiry goes on any longer, Tony Blair will be able to claim age-related dementia.

Ronald Ash, stalbridge, dorset. ÷ SO THE police can’t identify four fugitives wanted for murder because it would invade their privacy. Did the same rules apply when they invited the BBC to film their raid on the home of Cliff Richard, who hasn’t been charged with anything?

les Hill, spain. ÷ IF JEREMY Corbyn, as a non-royalist, will rid us of the money-grabbing, globe-trotting York family, then he will pick up many thousands of votes.

P. Twyford, Ramsgate, Kent. ÷ NEVER mind the superfast internet (Mail), my son can’t even get a phone line installed in his new home after two months. The most recent message: ‘We will phone you next week . . .’

Mrs Mary Gatton, easton-in-Gordano, somerset. ÷ PERHAPS the ‘unexplained’ rise in the unemployment figures is due to the number of people entering the country who have registered for, but have yet to find, work.

d. Williams, Colchester, essex. ÷ AT LAST an airline is going to weigh passengers. Why does a 20st passenger get the same baggage allowance as a 10st passenger?

d. allen, Runcorn, Cheshire.