"Tories all talk no spending"
AND; Bulwark 81, Invincible sale to Oz 81, Endurance, Fearless, Intrepid and Hermes 81 and slash surface escorts. With the exception of Bulwark the only thing that stopped them doing the rest was a certain expedition to the 'Malvinas' from a nearby mainland.
On top of this they prevaricated for YEARS over actually ordering the SHAR in the first place, it was eventually ordered by Roy Mason, the LABOUR minister of Defence........................