The Times article is nothing new, but factually incorrect - JSF was selected to fulfil the UK JCA requirement to replace Harrier; the replacement for Tornado GR is still
TBD...currently floating around as MAYBE unmanned (in the DPOC programme ex-FOAS) or MAYBE manned (possibly F35A\CTOL) or MAYBE a big fat nowt
....now throw that into the 'melting-pot' future of dwindling FW funding...