Indeed. Spending money means you don't get as good value abroad. I'm still waiting for the rest of Project Fear to come true.
Interestingly, as Ryanair 'pivot' away from the UK (despite announcing some two dozen new UK/EU routes in recent weeks and adding two aircraft to STN since Brexit) and remove all aircraft from the UK, easyJet & Jet2.com are committing 10 aircraft between LTN & STN in addition to the ever expanding LGW base.