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Jonny Johnson gives the UK government both barrels

And good on him

Britain's last Dambuster launches attack on David Cameron for failure to mint Bomber Command medal - Telegraph


He pointed out that the Government provided no capital donation to the Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park, built with the help of more than £1 million from Telegraph readers, but when the Queen unveiled it in 2012 ministers were in the front row.
“How two-faced can you get?” he asked. The new heritage centre and memorial on the outskirts of Lincoln, in the heart of “Bomber County”, will eventually have the names of all 55,573 airmen who gave their lives inscribed on metal walls surrounding a spire. Mr Johnson pointed out that, once again, there has been no grant or other funding from the Government.

How true
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