I WILL attempt to reassure CT Riley (HAS, March 5) that extremist Islamic hordes will never take over our way of life.

The Scots have, for example, tried to do this for years, infiltrating the English media and government. Despite their best efforts, however, the bagpipe has, happily, not been made compulsory listening. Hold fast sir, sanity will eventually prevail.

Chris Greenwell, Darlington.