I am sure that readers of the Swindon Advertiser letters page would have noticed that myself and T Reynolds have crossed swords on more than one occasion, but I agreed with his every word on January 13.

The thugs to whom he was referring are Boko Haram (translated to western education is sinful) are carrying out the most brutal carnage every day. Earlier this month they slaughtered 2,000 people in Baga, north east Nigeria.

Unlike France there was no such parade for victims of the slaughter, just silence from the world’s leaders.

Martin Webb Swindon Road Old Town