Chris Gallon
@chrisgallon.bsky.social
Engineer with an unhealthy interest in politics. Have Watched far too much Science Fiction and spent too much time around horses.
If you cast Trump as General Galtieri, but sadly he seems unlikely to lose.
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If you cast Trump as General Galtieri, but sadly he seems unlikely to lose.
Manufactures should worry about such things, but they cannot be relied upon to do so, just look at Ford and McDonnell Douglas to see two excellent historical examples. Plus today a billion shoddy products on the Internet. It is the job of the regulator to mandate and enforce standards.
December 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Manufactures should worry about such things, but they cannot be relied upon to do so, just look at Ford and McDonnell Douglas to see two excellent historical examples. Plus today a billion shoddy products on the Internet. It is the job of the regulator to mandate and enforce standards.
Battleships being rendered obsolete by their inability to inflict damage on enemy fleets. A side effect of getting sunk by aircraft I imagine.
December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Battleships being rendered obsolete by their inability to inflict damage on enemy fleets. A side effect of getting sunk by aircraft I imagine.
This isn't on Tesla it is on the regulators (US, EU, UK). Doors that cannot be unlocked mechanically from inside and outside in a crash should simply not be permitted. Simple fix just mandate it for certification on all cars. You cannot leave this stuff to manufacturers.
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This isn't on Tesla it is on the regulators (US, EU, UK). Doors that cannot be unlocked mechanically from inside and outside in a crash should simply not be permitted. Simple fix just mandate it for certification on all cars. You cannot leave this stuff to manufacturers.
Sorry that is completely wrong. What matters is Putin is losing the war at sea and stuck fast on land. He can't achieve his aims and Europe is both providing financial support and ramping up productions of weapons to substitute US ones. America is increasingly irrelevant.
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sorry that is completely wrong. What matters is Putin is losing the war at sea and stuck fast on land. He can't achieve his aims and Europe is both providing financial support and ramping up productions of weapons to substitute US ones. America is increasingly irrelevant.
Our magistrates aren't very bright or are collaborators. If you have a bulk load to review, you sample 10 and find 2 are non compliant you do not select another 2, you reject the entire lot and send the company away with a ticking off. Or you review every one which is what you should be doing.
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our magistrates aren't very bright or are collaborators. If you have a bulk load to review, you sample 10 and find 2 are non compliant you do not select another 2, you reject the entire lot and send the company away with a ticking off. Or you review every one which is what you should be doing.
Which would be great if the idea of joining a customs union wasn't utterly brain dead, or in fact any sort of option the EU would go for. Rejoin the single market absolutely but this idea is just drivel.
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Which would be great if the idea of joining a customs union wasn't utterly brain dead, or in fact any sort of option the EU would go for. Rejoin the single market absolutely but this idea is just drivel.
US ships in the Atlantic were basically escorting allied shipping from around mid 1941 and during that time were in a shooting war with Germany. The issue is that Trump would have allied with Germany whereas the 1940s regime was trying to do everything they could to fight despite the quislings.
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
US ships in the Atlantic were basically escorting allied shipping from around mid 1941 and during that time were in a shooting war with Germany. The issue is that Trump would have allied with Germany whereas the 1940s regime was trying to do everything they could to fight despite the quislings.
Very Germania but modern with zero sense of scale.
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Very Germania but modern with zero sense of scale.
But before that the EU was in more of a mess because he just vetoed everything. They only looked at Russian assets in the first place because of this veto.
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
But before that the EU was in more of a mess because he just vetoed everything. They only looked at Russian assets in the first place because of this veto.
My reading on this is probably wrong but I think it indicates Putin is so desperate to hang on to the cash he gave orders to his helpers to permit the finance deal they were blocking. Hard to see why else Orban agreed.
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My reading on this is probably wrong but I think it indicates Putin is so desperate to hang on to the cash he gave orders to his helpers to permit the finance deal they were blocking. Hard to see why else Orban agreed.
We know Putin plans to enslave and/or murder roughly 1/3 of Ukraine's population (courtesy of Russian state TV). You won't find many living men in the LPR and DPR for a reason.
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We know Putin plans to enslave and/or murder roughly 1/3 of Ukraine's population (courtesy of Russian state TV). You won't find many living men in the LPR and DPR for a reason.
This is 1938, only we are years behind in rearmament. Go read history, understand why magazine depth matters and why we are so far adrift. If Ukraine falls so will Europe. We need 100x to 1000x scale up in missile production for a start.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is 1938, only we are years behind in rearmament. Go read history, understand why magazine depth matters and why we are so far adrift. If Ukraine falls so will Europe. We need 100x to 1000x scale up in missile production for a start.
Ukraine has a massive army, once Ukraine is defeated Putin's plan is to enslave the people of Ukraine and use them as cannon fodder to invade the Baltics and eventually Poland. He is mobilised for war, Europe is not. He absolutely can win. He cannot ever demobilise so more war is his only option.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ukraine has a massive army, once Ukraine is defeated Putin's plan is to enslave the people of Ukraine and use them as cannon fodder to invade the Baltics and eventually Poland. He is mobilised for war, Europe is not. He absolutely can win. He cannot ever demobilise so more war is his only option.
A deal nobody in the UK really wanted isn't happening as was expected. It was good PR for a state visit, but there isn't enough in it for the UK to give America what it wants, and that was always true.
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A deal nobody in the UK really wanted isn't happening as was expected. It was good PR for a state visit, but there isn't enough in it for the UK to give America what it wants, and that was always true.
I will believe that when the first Taurus arrives.
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I will believe that when the first Taurus arrives.
It doesn't need ground forces, as long as Putin understands the second he crosses the line the combined air forces of Europe will smash his army into tiny pieces. I don't think there is any doubt it would be a red line and Putin will never agree for that reason.
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It doesn't need ground forces, as long as Putin understands the second he crosses the line the combined air forces of Europe will smash his army into tiny pieces. I don't think there is any doubt it would be a red line and Putin will never agree for that reason.
In other news, the USA has a bridge to sell anybody who wants it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In other news, the USA has a bridge to sell anybody who wants it.
Being led by a pro Russian friend of genocidal war criminals hasn't stopped the RMT either. Not sure the two groups are even in the same moral universe.
December 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Being led by a pro Russian friend of genocidal war criminals hasn't stopped the RMT either. Not sure the two groups are even in the same moral universe.
Have Europe lifted sanctions, because if not export could be quite difficult.
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Have Europe lifted sanctions, because if not export could be quite difficult.
Our industry continues to export and work with the USA it is a long collaboration. But that doesn't mean we aren't looking at certain systems to ensure independent operation. We would be mad not to. Interesting they renewed AUKUS as it was disliked by Colby.
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our industry continues to export and work with the USA it is a long collaboration. But that doesn't mean we aren't looking at certain systems to ensure independent operation. We would be mad not to. Interesting they renewed AUKUS as it was disliked by Colby.
I think the evidence of the last decade of Tory government proves conclusively that the interests of the state do not in fact override party political wants. A full break with America is already here, but nobody will say it. I suspect a lot of stuff is being done about that to mitigate risk.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I think the evidence of the last decade of Tory government proves conclusively that the interests of the state do not in fact override party political wants. A full break with America is already here, but nobody will say it. I suspect a lot of stuff is being done about that to mitigate risk.
Everyone has issues. But politics economics and the core beliefs of Labour can only be resisted for so long.
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Everyone has issues. But politics economics and the core beliefs of Labour can only be resisted for so long.
Also, and this is the key thing, the EU isn't led by Trump and doesn't view the UK as real estate.
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Also, and this is the key thing, the EU isn't led by Trump and doesn't view the UK as real estate.
Like Mexico Canada is very tightly bound to the US by shared standards, industry and locality. Canada will absolutely try to diversify from the USA, it will be very very difficult, I wish them luck, but their situation is quite different from UK/EU.
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Like Mexico Canada is very tightly bound to the US by shared standards, industry and locality. Canada will absolutely try to diversify from the USA, it will be very very difficult, I wish them luck, but their situation is quite different from UK/EU.