Rebalancing British construction toward carriers and escorts

Would you slow battleship construction to speed aircraft-carrier production?

Yes - pause some battleships to accelerate carriers and escorts, while prioritizing a faster capital ship such as Vanguard.

Britain knew it lacked aircraft carriers because Reginald Henderson had documented that deficiency before the war. It did not lack capital ships in aggregate, but it did lack modern fast capital ships able to respond across widely separated theaters. That distinction favors pausing or slowing some King George V-class work while accelerating carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and corvettes. A Vanguard-like fast battleship should still move forward, so the proposal rebalances construction around actual capability gaps rather than abandoning capital ships altogether.