There is a lot of talk from MPs and "experts" about the firefighters' pay claim being totally unrealistic.
I wonder if the British public realises that the cost of the firefighters' pay demands is the same as a mouthful of beer down the pub, a cigarette or a chocolate bar? Not much, really, is it?
-Jim Parrott, Hythe Road, Brighton
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