SB
Because you don't have a seat on it mate
Having seen the effort and progress of the first 2 development aircraft, I expect to see them both fly this year.
As for the Defence White Paper, the 2 main requirements were "Network Centric" and "Multi-Role", I suggest people have a further look at the specs for MRA4 before they predict its demise. Tranche 3 Typhoon on the other hand ....
Still, with 'Trust me Tone' and his band they'll scrap the lot of us to help pay for deluge of Economic Migrants we're going to receive when the EU expands.