Straight to the POINT

■ ‘OUR voice cannot and will not be silenced,’ said Nicola Sturgeon following the Supreme Court ruling on Indyref2. If only it could be, Nicola.

I. METCALFE, Perth.

■ CONGRATULATIONS Infantino and FIFA for the biggest own goal in the history of football.

GRAHAM LAMBDON, Iver heath, bucks.

■ EXPERTS say footie fans should hug each other more to relieve stress (Mail). That should go down well in Qatar. GARRY CARR, Yelland, Devon.

■ I AM still waiting for presenters Ant and Dec to say something funny. ROBERT HABENS, Havant, Hampshire.

■ ISN’T accusing someone of being in ‘goblin mode’ a tad unfair on goblins? PETER LEWIS, Wigan.

■ INSTEAD of paying millions of pounds to the French for their futile attempts to stem the flow of asylum seekers to the UK, just drain the Channel. PIERS MINALL, Leverington, Cambs.

■ NOT so long ago, MPs awarded themselves an inflation-busting pay rise on the grounds that it would help to attract better-quality candidates. How is that working out? JO OLIVER, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

■ APPARENTLY MPs order suits without pockets. After all, they never put their hands in them. J. WALMSLEY, Bury, Gtr Manchester.

■ IN football terms, Supreme Court 1 - SNP 0. RONALD JAMES, Kirriemuir, Angus.

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