althenick, I think you are 100% spot on. We are committed to the EF -- I've no doubt its a great plane, but what we should be doing is to expand the F35 community even at the cost of Eurofighter numbers.
The MoD has been clever in positioning CVF as a joint assett and this makes it much harder for the RAF to oppose (although they still try) and for that reason I think the project will go ahead. Personnaly I would prefer to see 3 CVFs with two operational at anyone time.