ON Saturday, February 1, my son-in-law was walking home at 10.35pm from the Three Pigeons pub on Wigan Road, Deane, when three thugs asked him for £5.

When he refused, he was bashed up right outside his house.

Why don't the powers that be sort this country out before going to war? If these thugs don't want to work and want to fight, why not bring conscription back? I am a grandmother of 12. What hope for my grandchildren?

Mrs D Levchenko

Kildal Close

Ferncrest, Bolton