Sunday 1 March 2009

I Will Be So Disappointed If The UK Government Cannot Find The Cash For This,

it will take just £500,000 to keep this historic plane flying at airshows over the UK, when I think of the obscene amounts of money New Labour has wasted over the years it will be such a shame if this bit of British heritage is lost forever, some of the people who are pledging money and support are, Bee Gee Robin Gibb, Sir Richard Branson and writer Frederick Forsyth have joined forces to demand that the Government step in to keep it airworthy for the nation, last night Lady Thatcher also joined them, the former Prime Minister also referred to the ‘epic’ role of the Vulcan in the Falklands War, when five of the ageing aircraft carried out a series of raids on the Argentine-held Port Stanley airfield, the 1982 missions, which involved 8,000-mile round trips, were at the time the longest-range combat flights ever undertaken, others urging the Ministry of Defence to support the Vulcan include Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and Marshal of the RAF Lord Craig of Radley, former Chief of the Defence Staff, it is maintained by a trust whose chief executive Robert Pleming complained that while £50 million could be raised to save a painting by the Italian artist Titian that would be seen by only a few thousand people, the trust was struggling to raise a 50th of that amount for something that would be seen by millions every year, now come on Mr. Brown now is your chance to do one thing right!

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