ACCORDING to Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson the UK is subject to “intensifying threats” hence why 11,500 Nato soldiers have been pretending to kill each other at Faslane in the appropriately macho codenamed “Joint Warrior” exercise ("Attenshun… forces from across the world descend on Faslane for military exercise", The Herald, April 28) . Have I missed something? I read the papers assiduously and there is scarcely a conspiracy theory I miss online; it's not those pesky Russians again is it? Them and their sub-lethal nerve poisons. Remember the last time they invaded us? Neither can I. Our Army has fought against them on their soil on more than on occasion.

It's not the Americans is it, they seem to have invaded everywhere else but I suppose they have their hands full in Syria what with being uninvited guests packing to leave and then having to unpack again? Perhaps if and when they decide to leave Syria they will, as they did in Iraq, leave all their equipment behind so that any wandering terrorist group can pick it up. Perhaps Mr Williamson could be more specific about who where and when so I can rearrange my holiday plans, I’d hate to be away and miss all the excitement when it happens.

David J Crawford,

85 Whittingehame Court, 1300 Great Western Road, Glasgow.