Straight to the POINT

FOLLOWING on from the phone scammers (Mail), instantly suspend foreign aid to India and use our tax pounds to hunt down the scum. Fraser Gillies, rothesay, Bute.

THE first line of the Daily Mail Comment: ‘Was this the moment Brexit died?’ I would substitute ‘the Tory Party’ for ‘Brexit’. G. sKeNe, lytham st annes, lancs.

A COUPLE of weeks ago, my husband and I returned from a tour of New Zealand. Visiting the parliament in Wellington, I was surprised at the lack of security. I asked our coach driver about this and he replied: ‘We don’t need it. No one bothers with us — we’re too far away.’ How I wish he’d been right. ruth BeNNett, Farnborough, hants.

AT least half the rush-hour traffic in our cities consists of the school run, so by far the most effective thing child ‘climate strikers’ could do is tell their parents they now insist on walking to school. rev Dr JohN CameroN, st andrews, Fife.

HENRY DEEDES’S suggestion (Mail) that honey and lemon should be mixed with ‘good malt whisky’ would have appalled two people. Denis Thatcher and his drinking chum . . . a chap by the name of Bill Deedes. stePheN toNG, Pudsey, leeds.

THE Duchess of Cambridge’s favourite brands seem to be going bust one by one. Perhaps her patronage is not all it’s cracked up to be. Paul Charles CooK, huddersfield, W. Yorks. 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