Straight to the POINT

VAUXHALL workers are optimistic (Mail). The BBC will soon put a stop to that. R. MYERS, Doncaster.

HOW long before Rudyard Kipling’s poem If, with its famous final line ‘And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son’, is banned as sexist? JOHN H. ISRAEL, Bromley, Kent.

JENNI MURRAY has been warned by the BBC not to speak openly about controversial topics. Does this also apply to Gary Lineker? D. ROCHE, London E17.

I WONDER how many transgender women will identify with the issues in Jenni Murray’s brilliant book on the menopause? JUDY ROBINS, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos.

WITH similar skeletons found in their cupboards, there’s a big discrepancy between the treatment meted out to Arlene Foster (DUP) compared with Christine Lagarde (IMF). GODFREY H. HOLMES, Withernsea, E. Yorks.

THE NHS could save money by turning down the heating. It breeds infection and visiting its facilities is like being in a sauna. JOHN BOOTH, York.

SHOPPERS in your High Street might look like a Lowry painting with regard to their clothing (Letters), but I doubt you’ll see many matchstick people. Mrs SANDY DEAN, Wymondham, Norfolk.

HAD Henry VIII been alive today, he could have ‘taken a break from his relationships’, saving much unpleasantness. CHARLOTTE JOSEPH, Lawford, Essex. FOR permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk