To my mind this is a direct result of successive UK Governments reneging on their responsibilities. If they had not turned their backs on the prodigious sacrifice made by Bomber Command in WW2 and disowned it instead, the absurd situation of it being left to pop singers to shoulder the responsibility instead need never have happened.
The prejudiced thin lipped mandarins, that have never faced a greater danger than pricking themselves on the pins holding their paperwork together (contrary to clearly laid down HSE regulations), do not speak for the majority of our citizens, a great many of whom put their money where their mouths are by supporting the building of this memorial.
Of course this man must be given all the money back that he is owed by HMRC. Of course he will be, no doubt by the direct intervention of our glorious leader. Shame on him then. This is not a political opportunity, rather a condemnation of generations of politicians.