I have known many Reds - and served with them.
I have known a few Red Leaders - and served with them.
I was never a Red myself - but I am well aware of the huge enthusiasm that they bring to the UK Internationally, and to the British public at some lesser events.
Can we afford them? Can we not afford them? I do not know - I struggle to work out where my tax money goes at the best of times, so I am not prepared to focus on the Reds.
I do not know exactly what has caused this furore - I can only assume that some folk misbehaved - and that is not acceptable in any regime - even politics - but I also have little faith in the media reporting accurately.
So I would give the Boss of the Reds some leeway, and require him (or her) to tighten up on the important discipline necessary for the team - whether Red or Blue - and let them get on with the difficult task of doing what they do well. Perhaps, even, very well.