BBMF Petition
Petition
You may or you may not know that a petition has been started because there have been suggestions in the media that the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), which celebrates the sacrifice of those who flew during the 2nd World War, could be cut in the next round of defence cuts.
The petition is on the 10 Downing Street Website, and there is an opportunity to add your voice to the petition. Please do 'sign' the petition if you have access to the Internet; the link is shown below:
The deadline for signing is 18 January 2011, and at the time of writing (31 January 2010) there are 5,794 signatures on the petition.
Good News?
While this petition is still on-going the latest news is, hopefully, all good:
This looks like good news, but as ever it is probably best to keep a weather eye out ... especially in the post-election period!
Result
The campaign closed on 6 June with 17,414 signatures. The result was an email from 10 Downing Street as shown below:
-----Original Message-----
From: 10 Downing Street [mailto:petitions@hmg.gov.uk]
Sent: 14 July 2010 15:56
To: e-petition signatories
Subject: Government response to petition 'BBMFCuts'
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to ensure that the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is not axed in any defence cuts.
Her Majesty's Government has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-responses/petition-view.aspx?epref=BBMFCuts
Her Majesty's Government
Petition information - http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BBMFCuts/
If you would like to opt out of receiving further mail on this or any other petitions you signed, please email optoutpetitions@hmg.gov.uk
Follow http://www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-responses/petition-view.aspx?epref=BBMFCuts to see the government's response.