Straight to the POINT

STORM Brian? It was what I call a wet and windy day. V. CRANNEY, Greasby, Merseyside.

MOST of the 60 inventions that ‘changed our lives’ (Mail) are merely electronic gadgets and froth we can easily do without. A. BAILEY, Dover, Kent.

THERE is substance to the claim of a lack of diversity at Oxbridge (Mail). A study has found the admissions system is unfairly skewed against people of low intelligence. PHIL NORTH, Brigg, Lincs.

WHAT a shame: inflation is up to 3 per cent. I had to pay a mortgage and keep two young children and a wife when it was 23 per cent. JOHN SADLER, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.

I HAVE kept a diary since I was seven, but when I went to buy my usual Letts pocket diary for 2018, I was shocked it costs £11.99. I have bought a Chinese version from Amazon for £2.40. I can’t afford to support British companies by paying over the odds. Mrs L. GELLNICK, Barnet, Herts.

THE PC brigade has gone too far: to take away Dennis the Menace’s catapult and shorten Gnasher’s teeth in the Beano is unforgivable. What’s next? A facelift for Plug? TONY HARVEY, Bangor, Co. Down.

I’M ALSO fed up with the word Brexit (Letters). I prefer the term independence. DAVID HORSMAN, address supplied.

I WOULD rather be a Brexit hound dog than a kow-towing Remain lapdog. DICK BOOKER, St Albans, Herts.