Straight to the POINT

THE line-up of members of the Supreme Court (Mail) had one Lord missing — Lord Elpus. RAY STOCKTON, West Wickham, Kent. THE Liberty Bell (Mail) was sent from London to Pennsylvania in 1752 to celebrate 70 years of liberty as a British colony. It had no connection with the U.S., which didn’t exist then. TIMOTHY KIDD, London W4.

AS THE Duchess of Cambridge seems to have enough time on her hands to colour in books (Mail), maybe she’d also like to make a start on my ironing. ROSE ALLCOCK, Brentwood, Essex. THE supposed sculptor who received this year’s Turner Prize wouldn’t even have won a Blue Peter badge. BILLY GATES, Rainham, Essex. WHY do new smart meters have internal shut off systems (Letters)? So the supplier can ‘manage’ the supply at their discretion. A. R. STEAD, Loftus, North Yorks. CAN anyone explain to me why we still give aid to China?

JOHN GEE, Southport, Merseyside. ZARA PHILLIPS’S expected baby will be a first cousin once removed to George and Charlotte, not a second cousin (Mail).

JEANNE LOADER, Shaftesbury, Dorset. INTERESTING to see Italian politics mirror ours: they also have a comedian leading the opposition.

PATRICIA MEAD, Hayle, Cornwall. WILL vegans stop breathing because the atmosphere is contaminated with methane, most of which comes from the back end of herbivorous animals? FRED LEES, Walsall, West Mids. HOW soon might the Governor of the Bank of England be replaced by a computer (Mail)? JOHN LANGRIDGE, Eastbourne, Sussex.