COWARDICE rarely pays (even when it does, it’s never justified).

As an example, our decision to hand Czechoslovakia on a plate to the Nazis in 1938 led eventually to the country being occupied by the Soviets.

Czechoslovakia is home to some of the richest mineral deposits in the world, including high quality uranium ore that is rich in weapons-grade Uranium-235. It was from this source that the Soviets drew the material to manufacture the H-bombs that they had pointed at us. Yes, Czechoslovakia furnished the nuclear armoury of the Warsaw Pact.

So you could truly say that in betraying Czechoslovakia in 1938, Neville Chamberlain and his cronies also betrayed their own country.

Tony Kelly, Crook, Co Durham.