As an average Joe (zero sickies in last year) like Graham I feel that 4 weeks on the sick is taking the absolute piss. Our Armed Forces do a dangerous job but there won't be the same proportion of them lead swinging as the Police who as we know reward their bad apples with long periods on the sick before citing it as grounds for early full pensioned retirement. Talking about sick, idle and bloated Police Officers I thought some sort of slightly realistic annual fitness test was going to be introduced