flh:
The French government is behind aviation and therefore GA; the British one doesn't care a jot.
You voted for them!
Well, as you're finding out, very few of us did, especially north of the border, but then we never did, and we've always had a view of public infrastructure similar to that of the French govt, unlike the slash and burn, race-to-the bottom, "public bad, private good" ideology that's been running amok in London for the last 30 years, unchecked by anything remotely resembling an opposition except perhaps on the streets from time to time.
Ahhh, that feels better!
NS