Not long before we loose our nukes Nut! What did the person who made such a promise think we could do after years of defence cuts and reduction in manpower and equipment! Even the USA has been grounding squadrons due to shortage of funds!
I rather think you'll find that the promises were made in 1994, before many of the subsequent cuts had been thought about, let alone made. One of those promises that the people making the cuts in recent years thought would be un-necessary since that nice Mr Putin was our friend and the Cold War was "old-fashioned".
This is one of those situations where the maxim "capabilities are real, intentions can change in a moment" really starts to hit home. Not that I expect we'll learn that lesson. "Someone else" will do it is Defence Planning Assumption no 1.