Bat**** crazy....
When the entire UK FJ force is down to about a dozen or less Sqns, they go where they are needed - whether Norfolk, Afghanistan or the Falklands.
There will be occasions where the carriers need a rotary wing, or where the USMC can provide an F-35 component, but the concept that the carrier needs a permanent deployed force to defend/justify itself even when there is no threat and higher priority tasks makes no sense.
The concept is that of the self-licking lollipop - better to scrap the carriers and make usable razor blades.......