Closing the Battle Of Britain Chapel

The MOD are going to close the chapel to save £50,000 ?. Much better to sack one of the lame brass hats than disregard the sacrefice made by the few in WW2. Sign the petition on

epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73191

Show somebody cares.

The above was copied and pasted from another forum. I thought it should be put on here

I have signed

Garry

Done.

Missed this, bleedin goverments, Done Garry, well found, sorry i missed it

Signed

i signed on the other forum ages ago

Apparently over 15000 have signed already, should have been 15000000 , disgusting decision

Garry

Recent update, copied and pasted from RCME
This story has been brought to the attention of Anna Soubry, defence minister, the following is an extract from another forum (PPRuNe - for those that know of it) which was posted earlier this morning ...

A response from MOD:

Direct response, within the hour from Anna Soubry, Defence Minister,
Gary Preston I can assure you I do not want the closure of the Biggin Hill Chapel. It will be preserved and kept open. I am working on how we secure the funding. I am sorry that you have been misled by a newspaper report - the reporter has my phone number. He didn't call me or the Ministry of Defence. If he had he would have been given the facts. Instead people have been unduly worried and concerned. It is inconceivable that this important memorial to the sacrifice of some of our finest airmen would be "boarded up". Thank you for contacting me so I can reassure you. Anna

And a further one from the same source

In case anybody missed it, Biggin Hill Airport have stated that they will make up the £50k shortfall to keep the chapel open.