Yes McGrath, it was a copy and paste from The Independent. I thought that was fairly obvious. Perhaps not.

I happen to agree with it, and repeating cheap shots from 'Private Eye' doesn't really get us anywhere.

You seem so entrenched in your views, that further discussion seems worthless.

So I won't bother.

Just one question: if we give the firemen/women what they want, do we give everyone else what they want? How do we pay for it? Some figures would be good.

And please nothing about MPs pay etc. The maths doesn't work