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Has inflation dropped by three per cent?
I’ve just seen the news and apparently inflation has dropped to three per cent.
What a load of old toffee! Have you seen the price of a half-decent red wine or a bottle of gin?
The government’s basket of goods on how they ‘benchmark’ inflation is certainly not the same as my basket! Martin Lawrence, South Croydon
Are local elections over councils soon to be disbanded a waste of taxpayers money?
Stefan Badham (MetroTalk, Wed) is pleased elections are going ahead in councils soon to be disbanded under local government reorganisations.
If Stefan wants to pay my share of the reported £63million to hold these elections then he is welcome to.
Otherwise he can thank Reform – which brought the legal challenge that forced the U-turn into holding them – for this waste of taxpayers’ money on rather pointless elections. Michael, Tunbridge Wells
Were those complaining about postpone local council elections also those who ‘don’t bother to vote’
It seems odd that, under normal circumstances, a significant majority of people entitled to vote at local elections don’t bother to do so.
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However, when told that the elections might be postponed, it’s presumably some of those people who start complaining that they are being deprived of their rights. Roger Smith, Witham
Reader comments on Braverman’ s antics
Suella Braverman – announced as Reform’s education, skills and equalities spokeswoman (Metro, Wed) – wants to scrap the Equality Act.
Doesn’t she realise that doing that will have direct negative impacts on her and her family? Or does she think she’s important enough that it won’t affect her? The racists will come for all of us sooner or later, Braverman included. Mo, Bradford
Should pedestrians wait for drivers to stop, before stepping out into the road?
Regarding Geedawg and Albert (MetroTalk, Tue) asking drivers to be reminded that it’s crossing pedestrians who take priority when motorists turn left on to side roads. Please remember to give the motorists time to stop, just as you would on a zebra crossing – just stepping out is possibly what is behind their coming into conflict with drivers so often. Gerry, Deptford
‘Pedestrians also get dazzled by bright modern headlights’, says reader
It’s not just other drivers who are dazzled by modern bright headlights (MetroTalk, Tue).
As a pedestrian who has to walk along unit roads, I am often blinded by them, meaning I have to stop and wait until my eyes recover.
To be responsible and safe, I dress in reflective clothing during dark evenings. It’s a shame so many drivers don’t have the same consideration. James Spriggs, Cannock
What’s stronger – love, or nuclear force?
Juliet Chaplin (MetroTalk, Tue) says God is love, which is ‘the most powerful force in the universe’. Actually, that would be nuclear force.
It binds quarks together to form stable subatomic particles and is thus crucial to the existence of atoms and thus matter itself. And, unlike love, it can be detected and measured. Andrew, Hornchurch
Enforcement on fare dodgers is too weak, reader says
Whoever is in charge of stopping fare dodgers needs some strategy advice. At Balham station in south London, there have been eight to ten security guys in hi-vis jackets standing around not catching anyone for days. Surely one or two would suffice as a visual deterrent and the rest could be deployed at other stations?
Fare dodgers, in the meantime, will just go to another station where they push through barriers right in front of normal guards who do nothing.
Go undercover at any busy station and you’ll catch 25 per cent of all young people skipping the gates every day. John, Balham
Punny reader makes return
Did you hear about the man who boiled a hyena? He made a laughing stock. Jeff, Nuneaton
Another reader comments on our resident comedian
Is Jeff, Nuneaton, slimmer of the year? Dave, Enfield
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