Bernard Jenkins (Letters, January 21) said the firefighters' strike was causing a fiasco in the Armed Forces.

No, Mr Jenkins, Tony Blair is causing a crisis with his constant talk of war.

As for Mr Jenkins calling firefighters "a bunch of idiots and a disgrace to their country", they cannot be idiots or they would not pass the necessary tests to become firefighters.

-Mrs Mary Colwell, Meeching Rise, Newhaven