Oh dear - a near non story from the Torygraph. As has been said hundreds of times on this site (not just this thread), if the F-35B disappears, then the CV(F) design can be tweaked to take the F-35C, as was specifically intended from the outset: the 'future proofing' of the design.
And as for
...it will mean the end of Britain's aspirations as a serious global power...
....
Vanguard class submarines, Mr Trefgarne?
The Pentagon examined cancelling each of the variants, and appears to have concluded that it wouldn't. Even so, the story is only about six weeks late, since ISTR the possibility of one of the variants being cancelled being discussed well before Christmas.
So - apart from the fact that Trefgarne is weeks late with his instight; has failed to do the necessary background research into the CV(F) project; doesn't understand the JSF programme and clearly doesn't understand the strategic implications of being a P5 state with nuclear weapons, it's a cracking piece of investigative journalism. I look forward to eating some chips out of it in due course, since that's all it's good for.