So, once again, we are screwed by the French and the Japanese will get all the millions of pounds worth of R&D data for sweet FA.
Eh, please explain how you are being screwed by the French.
Is it because they don't sit around like a pair of old ladies moaning about how great they once were, and blames their current state on those who just got on with it.
Anyway, the Brits would just cancel the program half way through.