[aardshark]

17000 pallets are worth much more than £20,000, which apparently covers all the associated cost of the bonfire.

They sure didn't buy all those pallets.

[HeckFeck]

If that’s really the case then that’s extremely regrettable. Again I’d need hard evidence to be convinced, but I’m not going to except theft even for a cultural occasion.

They should be raising the money voluntarily and collecting donations without coercion. Otherwise they aren’t helping their cause.