..staying at my parents' house in Margate, Kent. This is just across the Isle of Thanet from Kent International Airport (formerly RAF Manston) which is struggling to maintain a viable aviation business, with several recent attempts at passenger operations having failed.
A look at one of the websites for the airport reveals the reality of user fees at UK airports. If I land my Long-EZ at KIA it will cost me £19.00 exclusive of VAT (add another 17.5% if you pay VAT). That works out at over $40 per landing, even for a touch-and-go landing...if that is what eventually happens in the USA, small general aviation operations will shrink to a small fraction of their current levels.