Straight to the POINT

÷ I AGREE hotel-style charges should be levied on hospital stays. The NHS gives us free treatment, but we shouldn’t expect it to also offer accommodation and food.

CHRIS PARROTT, Llangollen, Denbighshire. ÷ DOES Liz Truss really need ‘friends’ like Nadine Dorries making unnecessarily personal attacks against Rishi Sunak? TIM JACKSON, Gullane, East

Lothian. ÷ RUSSIAN media is slagging off Liz Truss as she battles to become the next prime minister. Surely this indicates she is the right man for the job! VINCENT SAUNDERS,

Troon, Ayrshire. ÷ SOME areas of the UK could be in darkness this winter if we run out of electricity. Stopping supplying our continental neighbours that might alleviate the problem.

BRYAN WRIGHT, Greenock.