"Maybe the firefighters should become as modern as the MPs. After each call, it should be solemnly announced that there's a fire, to which everyone groans "hear, hear". Then they set up a body to look into the matter but can't start until the water has been approved by a second unelected fire service that's made up of ancestors of 13th-century firemen, and Melvyn Bragg."
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