DBTW,
Nice try, but wrong.
Money has to be saved.
I'd rather see it saved by cutting nice-to-have, big ticket, prestige programmes that deliver only a niche capability than see it saved by shaving money from day to day essential capabilities.
Those who most damage the defence of the UK are the people who push for disproportionate spending on pet programmes which do not deliver value for money or cost effective delivery of effect.
The RN needs to push for what is best for Britain, not to fight narrow, single-service interest turf wars.