xrayalpha
The aircraft carriers are being built to take the JSF, the harrier was just a stopgap for this role.
The Nimrod scrapping was the only way to send a message to the management of BAe that UK PLC was going to have no more of the antics that have seen contracts double or treble in cost.
The ownership of the Grobs in not part of the issue, the fact that the fuel has to be in place to run them is! (I se no non AVGAS burning kit on the market that can do this task at the price)