I'm quite glad that CAS is reported to be a decent bloke and good pilot. As a taxpayer I don't begrudge him a few Typhoon hours. However, in the climate where everybody has to justify every single hour of flying this does seem a bit unneccesary.
Most of all though, I think the Air Force should shut-up about Typhoon until such a time as it can deliver some useful operational capabilty. The guys who are fighting the 2 current wars do not give a toss about the 100th Typhoon being collected by the Stn Cdr; the first Typhoon formation loop-the-loop; or the first Typhoon wing-walking display by a member of the Air Force Board. When it has dropped bombs on bad guys in sandy places then it will deserve a place on the front page of Pravda. Until that I'm afraid that any attempt to pretend that it is not the wrong aircraft at the wrong time is just spin.