JMH

As long as Socialist governments keep getting re-elected in the UK, very few or perhaps none of these new ships will actually be ordered and built. The UK socialist government favours a European Union Navy controlled by France, which would mean a substantial Royal Navy is unnecessary.

The Royal Navy might be saved if Wales and Scotland vote for independence, because than the Labour Party would lose the millions of alcoholic welfare dependant Scottish and Welsh voters, who have consistently ensured Labour victories in England over the last decade.