Straight to the POINT
■ BY TRADITION, many former prime ministers were given earldoms. Might this be revived for your august columnist Boris Johnson?
PATRICK STREETER, London ec2.
■ BARONESS Mone says she denied any involvement in the PPE scandal to protect her family from media intrusion. Be sure your sins will find you out.
ROBERT DEWAR, beeford, e. Yorks.
■ I HOPE that among the 600 things BA chief Sean Doyle intends to put right (Mail) is the scrapping of economy reclining seats.
B. BOND, St neots, cambs.
■ WE REFER to the late Queen as ‘the Queen’, but tend to refer now to ‘King Charles’ rather than ‘the King’. I wonder why.
TOBY HARDCASTLE, new Milton, Hants.
■ FIVE wins in the past six games. Perhaps Everton should request a ten-point deduction at the start of next season, too.
HOWARD THOMAS, reading, berks.
■ POOR Stella Creasy, missing out on Christmas parties and drinks because the children need picking up.
VAL LAWRENSON, Littleborough, Lancs.
■ YES, Strictly needs new personnel. Bring on Paddy McGuinness, Alan Carr and Gary Lineker.
JOHN PARTRIDGE, bedford, beds.
■ CELEBRITY Mastermind is a travesty of the definition of both words. Question: ‘What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?’ Answer: ‘D’.
MARTIN KIMBER, brighton, e. Sussex.
■ WELL done, Ellie and Vito. Worthy winners.
M. MACLEOD, High wycombe, bucks.
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