Straight to the POINT

DON’T give the pensioners a raise — they’ll only fritter it away on food and heating. CLIVE WHICHELOW, London SW19.

MANY of my friends are country boys. I can assure General Nick Carter they have nothing remotely in common with the Taliban. DAVID BIRKETT EVANS, Rossett, Wrexham.

HARRY and Meghan are entering an ‘era of visibility’. Have they been to Specsavers? CHRISTINE WALPOLE, Llangollen, Denbighshire.

AFTER complaints about the all-male Garrick Club, I’m applying to join the WI. ROGER PIPE, Orsett, Essex.

WHO’S in contention to replace Huw Edwards on News At Ten? Four women! When is politically correct, box ticking going to stop? CHERRY WILDE, Hucknall, Nottingham.

HOW about Anita Rani or Romesh Ranganathan to replace Huw Edwards? They need the publicity. MIKE PRENTIS, Nottingham.

THE SNP often says Scotland doesn’t get the Government it voted for at Westminster. With her latest shenanigans, Nicola Sturgeon has ensured the same applies at Holyrood. PATRICK HARDMAN, East Lothian.

IF BROADCASTERS can add ‘sh’ to words beginning with ‘s’ (Letters), why can’t they put a ‘g’ at the end of ‘-ing’? J. I. ALLEN, Derby.

RELIEF at last! With my ears festooned in glasses, hearing aids and a mask, I’ve had nowhere to put my pencil. T. M. BRITTAIN, Burley-in-Wharfedale, W. Yorks.

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