Straight to the POINT

÷ TO UNDERSTAND the speed at which Covid spreads, we only have to consider universities and Rose Garden parties. If that doesn’t convince people, nothing will.

MIKE BARNES, Chester. ÷ IF STUDENTS haven’t the intelligence to follow social distancing rules, how come they’re at university?

DEREK CRANAGE, Loughborough, Leics. ÷ FOR students, self-isolating for a few days is a mere inconvenience. For senior citizens and the medically vulnerable, shielding for months has been misery.

Name supplied, London. ÷ COULD a virus be causing the test and trace computer problems?

PAT NASH, Soham, Cambs. ÷ WILL someone please take away Harry and Meghan’s shovel. The hole they’ve dug is big enough.

S. WEIGHTMAN, Dorchester, Dorset. ÷ I WONDER what young Scott Hutchison sees in 50-year-old multi-millionaire Barrie Drewitt-Barlow . . .

KEN LOVATT, Sheerness, Kent. ÷ THE only reason Keir Starmer is ahead of Boris Johnson in the polls is because he hasn’t had to make any decisions.

MIKE SUNDERLAND, Oldham, Lancs. ÷ WELL done to Aston Villa for beating Liverpool 7-2. I was ten when Birmingham City beat Liverpool 9-1 in 1954. My Bluenose dad was so pleased he wore his scarf to bed.

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