While I fully respect the comments of Gwyneth Dunwoody, I fully support the Galileo project (Galileo is an EU vanity project, say MPs, www.computing.co.uk/2203185).

Given that consumers are spending so much on GPS devices, it is up to the EU to protect that investment. At the moment everything is rosy, but the US can easily alter the accuracy of its GPS – meaning were the US to become (more) hostile to the EU, much of our navigational equipment – both civilian and military – would become useless.

Andy Loughran