I'm told by a friend who knows these things that Mr Harding's very existence has been expunged from the Air Force List,Soviet style.
As for the CDS resigning / quitting early / whatever, if he has fallen on his sword he's showing a good deal more backbone than some of his predecessors, although scrapping the SHAR, inadequate, subsonic thing it is seems a strange thing to get upset about per se. That said, depriving the fleet of organic air defence, then sending it into harms way is little short of criminal.
One must always remember, though, that not evrything printed in the Daily Mail is 100% true. They said Henman would win Wimbledon.