It's a work of art, a powerful symbol of advance in powered flight, an achievement to take pride in, looks good and makes me proud that it's partialy British. I marvel at it as a pilot and never fail to be moved by it when I see it in the ground or in the air.
It's great news at a time when we desperately need good news, a phoenix rising at a surprisingly approriate time.
That it is not these things to some of our more cynical and miserable politicians does not surprise me at all, they probably would find fault with the sunrise in the morning, they and can go and spread their lack of joy somewhere else. For the majority of us, I feel sure, applaud the will and determination of those who have worked so hard to get her back into the air where she belongs. Long may she grace us with her beauty
(and the roar of her triumph fill the land
)