Straight to the POINT

÷ I RECALL that years ago, when I was 11, an economics/ business studies teacher asked the class: ‘If the NHS is the envy of the world, why has nobody else got one?’ His answer was: ‘No one else can afford it — and nor can we.’ SID COPELAND, Northampton. ÷ WHY do people keep saying the UK is the first country to leave the EU? Greenland left in 1985 and is now classed as an overseas territory. DAVID BECK, Waterlooville, Hants.

÷ DID Waddington’s, maker of Scoop, have a window on the future? Patented in 1953, it includes the story: Robot Bricklayer Builds 2-Hour House — with uncanny similarities to Sam the robot brickie (Mail). MIKE LIVESEY, Copthorne, W. Sussex. ÷ I CAN’T wait for Trump’s first State of the Union tweet. VINCENT HEFTER, Richmond, Surrey. ÷ I’VE noticed there are no potholes in Downing Street. DAVID EDWARDS, Billington, Beds.