SIR – One of the many stories appearing recently is that of three young women who have successfully sued the Ministry of Defence for £100,000 each.

Perhaps they were like our heroic young soldiers, who have suffered horrific injuries or lost their lives on some bleak Middle-Eastern battlefield you might ask?

Nothing so worthy, I’m afraid, but then we are talking about women who claim to want to be treated equally, and who demand for themselves all that men have.

No, these women suffered what are described as ‘spinal and pelvic injuries’ (from which they have now fully recovered), from having to march with taller male colleagues in the RAF, during their first nine weeks of training!

If this hadn’t burdened the taxpayer with the costs associated with a five-year long legal battle, and six- figure payouts which exceed those made to brave soldiers who have been shot, it might all have been rather comical.

The big questions arising from this are can women continue to claim to be ‘equal’ in their abilities, when there is an abundance of evidence to the contrary, and will the MoD be compelled to require our Armed Services to ensure that only short men can march with women, and only tall women can march with men, lest they be sued for outrageous sums by women claiming to be equal?

WILL RICHARDS

Malvern