Remember "The Few"

In general I try to use this blog to comment on things I feel are worthy of comment and occasionally to ride a few hobby-horses of mine.  But for once, I am going to use it to implore you to support a cause.  I'm ex-RAF (National Service) and maybe that is why I feel so strongly, but surely everybody knows that, had it not been for the fighter pilots in the Battle of Britain, we would probably have lost the war - or at the very least had to sue for peace.  So - there's a chapel at Biggin Hill in Kent, where there was a Battle of Britain airfield.  It was built shortly after the war, and is dedicated to the pilots who fought - and died - in that conflict.  It was intended as a permanent memorial.  It costs apparently some £50,000 a year to maintain - chump change in the great scheme of things.  But it seems the Ministry of Defence considers this an "inappropriate use of resources" and is looking to close it down. There is a petition to keep it open on the Government's site at epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73191. Please sign it.