Ho ho. Keep going Jacko. Some one will even believe the "distorting the entire defence budget" claim sooner or later! £4bn over eight years is hardly a distortion (not compared to Tiffy at £70M a pop according to the NAO) at what, 20 airframes pa for 6 yrs?
Apparently the FA18E has a unit price of $55M at the minute (albeit according to the DoDs own figures!). 120 for $7bn or so, knock out the F3, true MR jet that's carrier capable. Bin the GR4 for Typhoo and Bob's yer uncle a two jet FJ fleet (and 350 or so of them at that if we get Tranche 3!)