plebby 1st tourist
Welcome to the world of living in a government department where buying from the US costs jobs in someone's constituency (jobs mean votes) and or effects share prices (prosperity means votes), and building a European ac - allegedly - shows a commitment to Europe. Mind you just buying US is not all its cracked up to be – anyone involved in STOVL JCA(JSAF) want to add anything here (STOVL variant = RR engine = jobs = votes; also = less range/payload = less utility than Carrier or CTOL varients)?
As for the Harrier - correct was British; however is now largely American.