> Pouring £2bn into a fighter in 2018 seems like a completely political move, a Brexit bluff and mere posturing from Theresa May. That is exactly what it sound

> Pouring £2bn into a fighter in 2018 seems like a completely political move, a Brexit bluff and mere posturing from Theresa May. That is exactly what it sounds like to me. Some general handwaving about as-yet to be invented or developed technology, references to the glorious past, a dig about Germany and France excluding the UK from a current project, and a non-functioning mock-up of what it could possibly look like. But other countries are welcome to join the effort. Whilst vigorously pointing at all that smoke and mirrors, mentioning that what they are really going to be doing is a series of upgrades to the Typhoon (that they would have planned for years ago already). This is Brexit politics.