Pheasant,
A misunderstanding. Liam Fox flamed Labour over the shortage of helicopters. It would be unacceptable for him (and to him) to have to announce redundancies on 'his watch'.
As for the RAF refusing the RN onto the OCF; that is incorrect. The OCF have been running a lighter programme of late for reasons best not discussed on this forum. Find out why before you post factually incorrect comments.