Letter: Hard working?

So Fiona Fraser (Letters, 30 October) thinks I'm inconsistent in wanting a reduction in the number of public sector "workers" we employ? Far from it: I've always advocated a contraction, but she's entitled to her opinion.

However, it is noticeable that it is only they and their unions' spokespeople who always, without exception, refer to themselves as "hard working". There's a maxim which applies here: "Oft proclaimed - least likely". I've seen and experienced these "hard working" 4.30pm finishers.

Stan Hogarth

Young Street

Strathaven South Lanarkshire