Straight to the POINT

▪ NO GCSE and A-level exams, but teachers will be testing students . . . for Covid.

▪ GILLIAN PINNOCK, Glemsford, Suffolk. ÷ BEFORE my Mum received the vaccination, she was asked if she was pregnant. Her brilliant response: ‘Chance would be a fine thing!’ Mum is 99.

▪ VAL GIRLING, Arnold, Notts. ÷ NO NEGATIVE test, no entry to Britain should have been the case months ago.

▪ D. SLATER, Holyhead, Anglesey. ÷ CAN we say Donald Trump is unpresidented?

▪ L. ROSE, Swineshead, Lincs. ÷ WHEN Prince Philip celebrates his 100th birthday, will he receive a telegram from the Queen?

▪ GEOFF BONNER, Newport Pagnell, Bucks. ÷ HOW distressing it must be for Ocado customers who can’t buy prepared carrots and are having to cut up their own.

▪ RICHARD J. PICKERING, Leicester. ÷ FIRST DIRECT has informed me that if I invest £1,000 in its Everyday Savings account, after a year it will be worth £1,000.10!

▪ CLIVE BIRCHFIELD, Woodley, Berks. ÷ I WISH everyone would just stop moaning. There, you’ve got me at it now.

▪ TREVOR HOWARD, Wolverhampton, W. Mids. ÷ SINCE the New Year, I’ve received seven Christmas cards, posted in good time from all over the country. To add insult to injury, some were franked: ‘Post early for Christmas.’

▪ CLIVE THOMPSON, Maidstone, Kent.

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