SIR – Oh what a victory! I liken the result of the general election to that other surprise win when Bradford City, against all the odds, defeated Chelsea, two events which will go down in the annals of history and never be forgotten.

How reassuring it was to learn on Friday morning that so many of the voting public, given a stark choice between a Marxist state and a free democratic society led by a government with fiscal competence, chose to put the well-being of their country before self.

Like Scotland, the English Lion also roared on May 7, 2015 and for which future generations will be thankful.

R Robinson, Lister Lane, Bradford