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Nothing. I am sure Trump will however keep trying to do Putin's bidding. But he is almost out of time.

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Russia has no diesel to export. So to that extent it is just fluff.

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It is actually a good test for US tech, given how much they claim to be independent of the US government. Europe should blacklist any that comply with US sanctions.

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2029, Trump will be in office in 2028, in 2029 America has either gone full dictatorship or MAGA is finished. Both are terminal for Putin and the UK far right.

The catastrophic event being they both run out of cash. Which will indeed be bad, but is inevitable.

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It is a shame though because the SU7 is probably the best EV in the world and it would force EU and US manufacturers to raise their game. How is Polestar seen (being fundamentally Chinese).

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The policy is rubbish, if you are going to impose a levy on Chinese cars then it should apply to all engines. All because Germany can't produce decent EVs at a sensible price.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It won't work. The fascist regimes will eventually collapse and America will get burned - again.

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Probably the best defence is 20,000 long range ballistic missiles capable of reducing Russian cities to dust. Plus a few hundred deep bunker buster ICBMs targeted at Putin's hiding places. Unless we can produce a Patriot equivalent in volumes of 2000 a month defence is a busted flush.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is a great strategy, just replace Kemi with David Gauke.... Oh.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There isn't much wrong with this if you police the members and don't care about coherent policy (unless you fix the motions themselves). If you don't do either of those precautionary things.....

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why are politicians and journalists so spectacularly clueless on AI? It is frustrating because of the questions that don't get asked. Here is mine, what exposure have UK banks and pensions firms got to the AI infrastructure bubble and how do we avoid another bailout when the inevitable happens.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Which is a weird opinion because third place in the mid term of a government screams more heading for extinction than power.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Austerity being famously popular with voters. This is their pitch?

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AMS is the only sensible option for the UK, Burnham's proposal might be his preference but it won't fly. In any PR system you end up with coalition politics, especially if you consider Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and the Tories will likely all split into their respective wings.

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Sometimes foreign cash isn't worth the cost. This is one of those times.

When clueless people legislate on technology - Episode 9432.

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There is more to it than Greece. If your economy is closely synced to the core it makes sense, the more it deviates the less sense it makes. The fact Poland hasn't joined yet (correctly in my view) suggests that it is not just an automatic thing and forcing countries to join is very unwise.

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That is indeed a great answer. Nobody is letting you on to a boat or plane or a Euro tunnel train without security checks and ID, basic safety requires it.

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Schengen doesn't make sense for island nations. It matters where you have borders lots of people cross every day. There are very good reasons for countries not to join the Euro and the lessons of Greece tell you why not every EU country should join.

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That is definitely the case, and nothing Burnham as said and done remotely suggests he is capable.

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Sounds more like the consequences of not having the guts to give Ed the job and instead giving it to the B team.

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I will only believe that if he sacks Mahmood and Nandy. Because neither of them are in any way liberal.

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Not really, in fact the Euro seems more optional over time as more peripheral states are added and making the UK a Schengen member while Ireland isn't might be fun.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Schengen isn't any sort of requirement, the Euro I am unsure of but, 20 years after joining the EU Poland is still not part of it.

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It isn't strictly about the campaign. But I think Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta is absolutely essential reading to understand just how this insanity happened despite the entire Japanese ruling class being opposed to war on the basis they couldn't win.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Relax. This will just lead to ever more egregious and brain dead attacks on encryption while doing nothing to stop the far right online. I would so love to be wrong about this.

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unite are pretty awful as unions go. Only the RMT are worse.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It hasn't been staged. A lot of rural crime is ignored by the police, but maybe if you are suspected of such activity near a secure base and someone tips off the cops then the police actually turn up and arrest what they think are terrorists only to find they aren't.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All true, plus if we aren't inside the EU single market it is hopeless. That said if you were able to produce anti ballistic missile systems in massive volume you would become very rich.

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think an important lesson for all involved in nefarious late night activities. Don't carry out said activities next to an RAF base which is on mega terrorism alert.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Don't be ridiculous. There was no issue with freedom of movement before and there won't be in future. Stop pandering to racists.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We take too little tax at the bottom end and concentrate too much on a fairly small set of low-high earners (the rich are on another planet). A small tax increase at the lower tiers will raise enough money to fund a lot of services that will improve lives rather more than a small amount of cash.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There will never be a cross party consensus. The answer is some sort of variation on Brown/Burnham original proposal pitched to the middle classes as an insurance scheme against your family losing everything. The wealthy will hate it because they always do.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Easy to do, dump Brexit, fire Mahmood and expel Blue Labour. Oh...

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why would any of the democratic nations attend this. Just boycott it and leave Trump with his dictator mates.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wouldn't even blink if a candidate did this.

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also doesn't have Fringe or Silo, so not sure it is worth much attention.

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Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Classic French protectionism. There is quite a lot in it for the rest of Europe, just look at how FCAS turned out. The only viable option now relies on EU, UK and Japanese technology.