SIR – Many thanks to John Illingworth (Letters, March 31) for correcting my punctuation on a recent letter regarding defence cuts.

Phew, it’s a good thing we’ve got people like Mr Illingworth around checking the T&A for grammatical errors – I mean it’s not like we have more serious issues to comment on, is it? Good job we’ve not just got involved in another war when the Tories have just scrapped a massive chunk of our military and our servicemen are being delivered back to us in body bags from other wars we are fighting! Hang on, that’s happening isn’t it?

We, the UKIP, shall double defence spending – mark that, Mr Illingworth.

Jason Smith, UKIP Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury