I read comments on this subject here and in the other place with a wry fascination. Off the topic of flying, the majority of posters on both pilot forums appear to be somewhere to the right of the Daily Mail (for non-UK residents, that is a very nasty, very right wing rag which is horribly popular in the UK) who will rant on about asylum seekers and benefit claimants yet want our expensive hobby subsidised by the state in one form or another. Sadly, our last five prime ministers have made it their mission to destroy the essential social infrastructure never mind discretionary things like airfields, you've got what you voted for people.