Great British Space Stuff
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Amateur space enthusiast, following the burgeoning UK space sector - just need to wait for them all to migrate from X now though...😬
I think the polls will turn as the better Labour policies kick in and Reform get increasingly found out at council and policy level. But although optimistic am not complacent - agree that Labour will lose if nothing changes.
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I think the polls will turn as the better Labour policies kick in and Reform get increasingly found out at council and policy level. But although optimistic am not complacent - agree that Labour will lose if nothing changes.
All fair points, and certainly agree we shouldn't consider any party has an innate right to power. Personally think Reform success in v large part is due to extraordinary right wing bias in media (plus Russia funding) and they're eminently beatable if Lab step up.
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
All fair points, and certainly agree we shouldn't consider any party has an innate right to power. Personally think Reform success in v large part is due to extraordinary right wing bias in media (plus Russia funding) and they're eminently beatable if Lab step up.
They give a good impression of that. But their 'advanced tech' from space programme to weapons to solar is based on Western research and innovation that has been (admittedly often v ingeniously) built upon. They won't win the superpower game until their primary research and innovation matches up.
September 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
They give a good impression of that. But their 'advanced tech' from space programme to weapons to solar is based on Western research and innovation that has been (admittedly often v ingeniously) built upon. They won't win the superpower game until their primary research and innovation matches up.
You're right, I mistook your point. I agree that Labour need to focus on their own policies rather trying to out-Reform Reform. If they do that, I think they can still comfortably beat Reform; and there is no other party that can do that (poss the LDms, but will never vote for them again post-fees).
September 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
You're right, I mistook your point. I agree that Labour need to focus on their own policies rather trying to out-Reform Reform. If they do that, I think they can still comfortably beat Reform; and there is no other party that can do that (poss the LDms, but will never vote for them again post-fees).
Reform, the Russian-funded and tasked party of selfish billionaires? Yeah - actively working against our national defence interests, actively working against the rights of the majority of people in this country - it'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for them. I said VIABLE.
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reform, the Russian-funded and tasked party of selfish billionaires? Yeah - actively working against our national defence interests, actively working against the rights of the majority of people in this country - it'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for them. I said VIABLE.
Hard disagree. I remember the Tories in 1995 - Labour aren't that. We should be holding Starmer and co to account (and to Labour principles), not giving up. Much as I love Green social policy I couldn't vote for a party without the first clue on Defence. Still no VIABLE Labour alternative right now.
September 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Hard disagree. I remember the Tories in 1995 - Labour aren't that. We should be holding Starmer and co to account (and to Labour principles), not giving up. Much as I love Green social policy I couldn't vote for a party without the first clue on Defence. Still no VIABLE Labour alternative right now.
That's undoubtedly true - and China does have a track record of indigenising and evolving technology lifted from elsewhere so, who knows, maybe one of them will match the F9.
August 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
That's undoubtedly true - and China does have a track record of indigenising and evolving technology lifted from elsewhere so, who knows, maybe one of them will match the F9.
And it's an interesting attempt, thanks for compiling. Can't help but disagree that the 'most significant factor' driving the similarities are 'market forces in China though' - I suspect forty-plus years of technology transfer and pervasive cyber espionage have more to do with it.
August 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
And it's an interesting attempt, thanks for compiling. Can't help but disagree that the 'most significant factor' driving the similarities are 'market forces in China though' - I suspect forty-plus years of technology transfer and pervasive cyber espionage have more to do with it.