The morons in charge have made the Beast with 2 Backs with the economy for over a decade, building in the hard work and foundations of their predecessors. The next election win is the most poisoned chalice in a long time.
Whoever wins it will be sodomised (as has the whole country) for many generations.
Something has gotta give - but with it must be the acceptance of risk which the removal of the capability leaves. The Tories might be happy without carriers and accept that Brazil will out gun us.
Oddly enough maybe we should give someone else a go - someone who has not been responsible for the last 30 years of insult to the services.