Straight to the POINT

THE SNP is demanding another independence referendum just two years after the ‘once-in-ageneration’ vote. Once in a generation of what — hamsters?

Roy Conolly, Haverfordwest, Pembs.

THERESA MAY mocked Corbyn, saying only her party produced female prime ministers. True — one voted for by the electorate and the other from behind the sofa.

Gerard Gannaway, Knowle, Bristol.

I WAS sad to hear that John Surtees, the only champion on both four and two wheels, had died (Mail). We campaigned for years, unsuccessfully, to get him a knighthood.

Peter Jillings, liphook, Hants.

SOMEONE should tell all the 100-year-old pensioners in Worthing to eat ten pieces of fruit a day so they can reach 200.

J. W. Montellier, Hutton, essex.

NOW Duncan Goodhew has said swimming is the best exercise we can do, what about swimming lanes alongside all the cycle lanes?

Stewart Hardy, leigh-on-Sea, essex.

HOW does the U.S., with a population of more than 300 million, manage with only 100 elected Senators in its second House?

David Lavender, Boston, lincs.

HOW will our ministers cope with negotiating Brexit when they can’t even run our railways?

Jean Lancaster, london SW13.

WHY are we worrying about Brexit when the greater problem is the cover-up of the gathering pace of the implosion of the whole EU?

Mike lee, Sheringham, norfolk.

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