[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I don't think it's helpful to vilify the fire fighters for something the government and their ridiculous law is causing, it's not like their money is fantastic either (over here anyway not sure about your fire service) /not biased at all cos Gav is a fire fighter )

Yes, I know your Gav's a firefighter. I have massive respect for the emergency services who are generally underpaid and undervalued. My father, when he left the army, was a parademic, working shifts for crap pay, saving people's lives. He never went on strike and he never would. It's not their cause I disagree with, it's striking. It's an archaic method of making your point that alienates their biggest supporters - the public. What they need is to get the public behind them. Asking people to do that particular job into their sixties is ridiculous. But I don't think going on strike is the answer.