Straight to the POINT

I CAN beat six days for a passport (Letters). My wife applied on a Tuesday and it was delivered by the postman on the Thursday. DaviD Pillinger, Woodhall Spa, lincs.

I HAD to sell my parents’ home to fund their care, so how can it be right for sex offender John Worboys to keep his holiday home? It should be sold to cover the cost of his imprisonment. r. MaTTHeWS, Potters Bar, Herts.

QUALITY of voice, not gender, should decide BBC pay rates. John Humphrys has perfectly clear diction. Softly-spoken women are no good at broadcasting. The one female exception is Laura Kuenssberg. SHeila Bell, Codford, Wilts.

WOULD there be an NHS crisis without drunks, smokers, drug addicts and the obese? name supplied, Frodsham, Cheshire.

AT MY local M&S, there are male and female toilets, disabled, female baby changing and male baby changing facilities. I was surprised to see a young mum in the Gents — she told me she was using the male baby changing facilities as she has a baby boy! MiKe CUlleY, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

MY LOCAL first co-responder (Mail) could be a part-time fireman, voluntary lifeboat crew or even a paramedic. JaCK HanSen, lyme regis, Dorset.

THERE is no ‘hard Brexit’, and ‘soft Brexit’ is really no Brexit at all. Politicians patronisingly tell us we did not know what we voted for. Rubbish! We voted Out, so get on with it. S. TelFer, edinburgh.

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