JSF: Drayson Bats For Britain
The esteemed Lord Drayson is in America giving those Yank chappies a jolly good dressing down over their confounded JSF carry on.
Yes, he's telling them in no uncertain terms just how cross we are and how we expect them to buck up their ideas, and be quick about it. The noble Lord is not fooling around. He's making it plain that we are seriously miffed, and if things go on like this, well, we might just have go elsewhere for shiny new fighters. This JSF situation won't do. It won't do at all.
HMG is dashed angry. And in case anyone thinks the UK is totally over a barrel and has no choice but to be led about by the nose while those dashed Americans fall around laughing at our kinda funny accents and stoopid ideas of partnership, well Lord Drayson has made it very, very clear he means business.
"We are determined to make a success of the Joint Strike Fighter. We still want and need this aircraft."
-- Drayson to Senate Armed Services Committee, 14 March
That's bally well telling them your Lordship. They'll have to sit up and take notice now.
Good show what.