Perhaps the focus on "ooh, look how effective this drone is!" is just to distract the public from noticing that the Tornado GR Force may be up for an early chop.
If you can convince people that it's role on OP SHADER is being covered by drones and SF - which are brilliant because the public doesn't really have any idea how many we actually have - you can cut away another entire aircraft type which is about the only way to make an actual saving.
Myopic - yes, but it will enable Dave to spend billions more on the NHS.