Is the UK getting cold feet?

The F35C apparently can’t land on a carrier deck because the tailhook is in the wrong place.

The UK Secretary of State for Defence has just stated that any further delay to the F35C would be politically hard to swallow for the UK Government.

I am flabbergasted and gobsmacked…..

Are we looking at a UK cancellation or deferment of orders until there is a viable F35C?

I assume that BAE will just soldier on and benefit from the programme if and when it gets going?