Which will be trashed next?

ridiculous. There seems to be a growing appetite to label all our public services as racist, homophobic and sexist. Largely, it would seem, from those who like to feel morally superior while sitting safely behind their desks. God forbid they actually get out of their chairs and contemplate putting their own safety at risk for others (remem‐ber Grenfell?). And then they wonder why these services struggle to recruit and retain good people!

All our public services are being attacked one after another by the same band of people. It has to be stopped. This is a total waste of public money pandering to the politically correct and woke movement. Who next?

moralise the vast majority of firefighters, police officers etc who are honest and do a hard job very well.

Which British institution is going to be trashed next week? This is getting beyond

Firstly, firefighters do a difficult and dan‐gerous job ‐ nobody doubts this. Nobody says otherwise. Firefighters demonstrate bravery, courage, self sacrifice etc. They can be, and frequently are, saints, but that is not a job requirement. The willingness to run towards a fire when everyone else is running away, and to keep returning until everyone inside has been rescued and the fire extinguished, as well as a technical in‐sight into controlling fires from different sources, are the primary characteristics. We are fortunate that such men and wom‐en exist and put their lives on the line for us. They may not always behave as squeaky‐clean choristers, but they get the job done.

First it’s the Met, now it’s the fire and rescue services throughout Britain. Where will other revelations of racism, misogyny and bullying in sordid corners of British so‐ciety be exposed next? The NHS? The Coastguard? The Monarchy?

Good grief, are the justices of self‐righ‐teousness making it their mission to de‐nounce every last British public service as ‘hotbeds’ of bad behaviour? How pro ‐foundly demotivating for the many fine staff members in all our emergency ser‐vices.

How I love being told who to dislike ev‐ery week! Who do I get to hate next week?

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