Firemen strike on Bonfire Night: Cynical action by 'reckless union militants' will put lives at risk

That headline from the Mail Online says it all.  While listening to Iain Dale on LBC, last night, I heard the Fire Brigades Union was set to strike on Bonfire Night.  Surely my ears were deceiving me!  But, no, it was true.

The arrogance displayed on the radio by Ian Leahair who is a member of the executive council of the London FBU was unbelievable. When pressed - quite rightly - by Iain about public safety, he brushed such concerns aside as lightly as one brushes crumbs from the counter to the sink. Last Bonfire Night, London brigades responded to nearly twice as many calls as a normal night.

Then pressed on past intimidation by striking FBU members, Leahair claimed no such incidents occurred.  Iain then read out quite a long bit (way to do your homework, Iain!) about what had actually occurred. Leahair resorted to the lame retort of one proven wrong, "Well where I was nothing like that happened."

Facts are pesky things!

I hope the common sense of the fire brigades comes through and forces the FBU leadership to reconsider. Everyone of us has great respect for the life saving work our firefighters perform and would hate that work to be tainted by the actions of the FBU.