"Your opinions on the subject are meaningless and worthless the Festival is for those who serve and have served their country - something you have never done."

Well, that takes the biscuit, does that. How do you know that Dave hasn't served his country? Is the only way to serve you country by lining yerself up to be shot at by foreigners because a bloody stupid politician told you to? God, you don't half come out with some stuff. What about nursesteachersdoctorsmidwivescareworkerscleanerscoppersfiremennurserynursespostmenambulancedriversparamedics? Sorry if I've left anyone out. Maybe you think the royals, only here because millions died to stop fascists from taking us over and cutting their heads off, or archbishops who pray for the dead without risking a hair on their sacred heads, or the heads of banks or big business who got where they were by fleecing the rest of us blind and "forgetting" to pay their taxes, have "served their country"? Huh??

And while we're at it, Mr Woodcock, would you care to tell us all where we can look up exactly what it was that YOU did to "serve our country"?