Well, there is nothing wrong withh sharing some responsabilities with the french. In example, we are working with the Portuguese in an air defence network and it´s working great. Even US and Canada play that game together, see NORAD.
However, disbanding you air arm while the status of the Type 45 is unclear, and the BS about disbanding the RAF...Like i have said many times in recent topics, i don´t think the economics in the UK are much worse than here in Spain, and while we got some restraints, we are not abandoning capabilities,c´mon, we even have another operational carrier. The UK economy doen´t have to look after as many unemployed people as here is done, and the public healthcare is not as expensive. I really think this is a mad overkill, if you ask me.