Navalised Typhoon was on the cards from the original design spec.
3 year delay for CVF if cat's req'd?! Yikes.
Cancel CVF if no JSF? You can never tell but I could forsee us having one not two carriers instead. Lots of limitations with that idea of course.
Alternatively we could accept that our days of needing our own organic maritime strike are numbered. Very expensive way to scare some Sierra Leonians into thinking we mean business. More choppers is the way ahead. Instead of being jack of all trades, let's be master of one. Leave the US to cough up the wedge for F/W off ships.
Can anyone conceive of a scenario where the UK would need that amount of strike power without the Yanks running the show? Maybe I'm getting old & cynical but I'm starting to get a bit tired of political d**k waving without a good focus on what it will actually be used for. Good luck to the French with CDG. Doubt the US will invite them to the party - therefore what's it good for? Bullying the Tahitians/Greenpeace/Brits/US?! It still takes more than airpower to win a battle.