When the carriers were first mooted there was a strong view expressed by some on here that this would divert funding and manpower away from what the navy was already doing.
This has come to pass.
We have two carriers but the tasks which were carried out by destroyers & frigates are now carried out by the likes of the "Argos" or a tanker - if they are carried out at all.
You cannot deny the Navy is being hollowed out - the fact that this co0incides withe need to keep the carriers (or at least one carrier) active is no coincidence.