SIR – Not often am I embarrassed to be English, save our national football team’s consistently poor performances on the pitch and the way our government treats our brave servicemen.

One such moment was recently when it was announced that our military was effectively going to be merged with the French’s. David Cameron’s glee made the announcement even more sickening.

His lack of knowledge of British history is well known, but did somebody not remind him about the Falklands?

What would happen were we to engage in another ‘Falklands’ and were not able to as the French ‘didn’t fancy it’?

Cameron is spinning this as another cost-cutting exercise, but many of the politically astute will know this is just a precursor to the EU army – where all national armies will be merged and be directed by the EU government.

This is another story that the Tories will not tell.

Jason Smith, UKIP Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury