Summer budget 2015.

[Easy Street]

Originally Posted by Danny42C

Q: How many casualties were there in the war at the RAF Uxbridge's Bunker ?

I'm a proud supporter of the Bomber Command memorial but even I can see that the 11 Group bunker in Uxbridge holds a special appeal. From there was directed the defence of Britain at its most vulnerable. From there Churchill witnessed the narrowness of our margin over the Luftwaffe and conceived his legendary "few" speech. The victory conjured up from that bunker marked the end of the westward expansion of the Third Reich and the survival of Britain. That should be enough reason to preserve it forever. The Bomber Command campaign, whatever your views on its effectiveness or morality, did not play such a direct role in our national survival.


I'm not saying that the Bomber Command memorial shouldn't have received public funding. I am saying that in a contest for limited public funding, securing the commemoration of the Battle of Britain should trump it.