I agree entirely The B Word!
If only we had a platform that could do the job of both air defence and ground attack, rather than just perform at airshows and crew that mince around the base with an ill-deserved air of accomplishment... I'm not keen in Typhoon.
It's all well and good sitting here saying 'Oh, we should have bought this platform with that capability...', but who knows what threat we're going to have to contend with?
Some kind of Scandinavian Alliance could attempt to take the Orkneys/Shetlands for oil and minerals so we'd need air defence, low level jets and submarine patrols gain. Or a certain South American country could attempt to have a go and finding some newly discovered oil right on it's doorstep...