Mate, we're f*cking gutted.
The utility that an MPA brings to the party is probably not as well understood by the wider RN Community, but those who used you/would've used you, we are keenly aware of precisely how much capability we've just lost.
You won't find old and bold killicks/Lt Cdr's lamenting your loss because they rarely interacted with you, which would explain some of the lack of "trade" on RR.
RAF 'offer to scrap £3.5 billion Nimrods'
the above makes clear 1SL's feelings.
More to the point, it does seem like the RAF have offered up "joint" (MRA4, ASTOR) in an attempt to maintain their FJ capability. I have to admire CAS' political skills in f*cking the RN over in so many different ways, perhaps we should send some of Senior Officers over to learn the tricks of the trade.....