Well at least with the money saved the MoD will be able to plump for the top quality awnings for the flight decks of their fine, White Elephant Lines cruise ships, as well as a cocktail bar that'll be the envy of the world.
Those Tornado GR4's are going to be awfully tired come retirement day, what with the proposed purchase of Tiffy's only being enough to fulfill the role currently 'gapped' since the Jag 'capability holiday' started.
Still, who needs an aircraft that can transit at high speed in order to carry out CAS in a large operational theatre with minimal local secure airbases to mount from?
