Sadly, that might be the harsh result of keeping the carriers. The Harrier will stay and the Tornado go.
When they talk about the Tornado though - they mean the GR4 don't they: "RAF fight to save Tornado fighter-bombers... Getting rid of all the 120 GR4 Tornados." The writers seem to be confused: "RAF chiefs have claimed that dumping the Tornados will threaten their ability to mount proper air defence operations around Britain.... Defence officials said the RAF could use Eurofighter/Typhoons for air defence, including against any future 9/11-style terror alert, and not Tornados."