Straight to the POINT

THE Competition and Markets Authority must be proud of itself. By preventing the merger of Asda and Sainsbury in 2019, it’s pushed our supermarkets into the hands of foreign buyers.

WILLIAM BARNES, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks.

INSTEAD of the Americanism staycation, why don’t we use the term holistay? GRAHAM ANDREWS, Bideford, Devon.

PAYING France £54 million to stem the flow of migrants across the Channel has turned out to be a Priti bad deal. GERALD A. NORDEN, Knutsford, Cheshire.

IT ISN’T just the DVLA taking for ever (Letters). I’ve been waiting eight months for the Inheritance Tax department at HMRC to work out if I’ve paid too much.

M. SMITH, Hindon, Wilts.

IF I’D known I’d go bald, I would have married an osteopath, not a hairdresser. DAVID BUNN, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hants.