Straight to the POINT

■ I WISH Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney would focus on the pandemic, rather than independence. I’m 80, and still no word about my jab. I’d rather be alive than independent.

JOHN MCGILL, Dumfries.

■ 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.

■ 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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