Straight to the POINT

■ CAN someone explain to EC President Ursula von der Leyen that if others make an order months before you and pay upfront, then you aren’t first in the queue. DAVID BECK, Waterlooville, Hants.

■ CAN our European neighbours still make wine out of sour grapes? JOHN VINER, Peterborough, Cambs.

■ WHEN politicians talk about our friends in the EU, please tell me they are being sarcastic. DENIS HERNON, Stockport, Gtr Manchester.

■ THOSE who think a foreign holiday is more important than an elderly neighbour’s life should be allowed to go — and not come back. M. LAWSON, Isle of Man.

■ EARLY last year I renewed my passport. Do I get a refund? MARY WILKINSON, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

■ MY SYMPATHIES to the person who failed to complete a 54,000-piece jigsaw (Mail). Why is it always the last piece that’s missing? RICHARD ROGERS, Abergavenny, Mons.

■ IF YOU don’t already know to ‘go left’ in an emergency on a motorway, as advised in the TV advert, you shouldn’t be driving. GRAHAM BIRKS, Winsford, Cheshire.

■ I HAVE something in common with the Prime Minister: my lockdown hairstyle. WENDY THOMAS, Rugeley, Staffs.

■ DON’T criticise Harry for getting another job. If I were him, I’d want to be out of the house as much as possible. ROGER PERRIN, Anna Valley, Hants.

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