Straight to the POINT

■ LOCKDOWN has given us some things to be thankful for: it’s been a year since I had a cold. MIKE HORGAN, Heswall, The Wirral.

■ IN THE G7 Zoom meeting, Boris Johnson resembled Muttley while Emmanuel Macron looked as sharp as always. M. SOUTHON, Christchurch, Dorset.

■ I MUST have been lucky: I applied online for a new passport and received it ten days later. Shame I won’t have the chance to use it soon. SUSAN DAY, London NW9.

■ CALVIN ROBINSON speaks for many like me who hate the divisiveness created by bigots. RAY BOVINGDON, Plymouth, Devon.

■ WILL any of those scrambling to take over the National Lottery create 21 millionaires instead of just one £21 million winner? A. J. SMITH, Exeter, Devon.

■ I WAS delighted to see fieldfares and waxwings in my garden even though these birds stripped my holly tree of every berry. GILLIAN POWELL, Wickford, Essex.

■ MY 21st birthday was on Decimalisation Day. None of the rounds at the pub cost the same because the bar staff were so confused. PETER DAWES, Bangor, Gwynedd.

■ STELLA CREASY gave the British Fashion Council a dressing down over its sponsorship by a buy now, pay later credit firm. Did she get this issue ironed out? JOHN COLLINS, Bourne End, Bucks.

■ RED Nose Day would make a fortune if TV reporters had to donate £1 for every ‘um’. P. WALFORD, Leicester.

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