Reading the PQs above and other stuff re likely reduced purchase of whatever version of Dave is bought, it seems to me that the Government is going to want to see these ships and jets deployed. This raises the question over who will be the Competent Authority to run the "carrier strike capability". I use the term carefully as this will not be about just running the jets, but the whole package. If the buy is small then there will be strong pressure for this capability to be flly worked up at sea and remain so (unlike the way the Harrier was treated in its later years.
So, who will it be - the RAF, with a philosophy of minimal contribution to the wider capability (manning the ship) and a hopon-hop off mentality; or the RN with a deep desire and long developed understanding of operations "from the sea"? The two services are poles apart on this, with little trust now in existence - I can't see Joint Force JSF working somehow.