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They declined their option to appoint an NED, so where's the proof he was their man?

Bozi, I wasn't implying he was useless, just that I didn't know what he did. Perhaps I could have worded it more appropriately.

The domicile issue does however strike me as odd. Will all the other NEDs resign?

Van Barneveld gone. Not sure what he did for us in the first place. The excuse of the re-domicile to Switzerland doesn't strike me as convincing.

Q, even the revolting Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart said Badenoch performed well. And you only needed to look at the faces of the Government Frontbench to realise they knew full-well she was being hammered.

Anyway, on more interesting news, the sp is now up nearly 6%.

If it was a trap it backfired spectacularly. In one of her better Dispatch Box performances, Badenoch eviscerated her yesterday.

The woman is completely out of her depth, has no grasp of economics, doesn't understand the concept of growth and is quite simply the worst Chancellor of my lifetime.

Q, every political commentator said she'd changed her budget, specifically as it related to income tax.

Her political naivety was clearly demonstrated when she held that ridiculous speech two weeks ago and effectively told us income tax would rise. Yesterday was a disaster for her and the country.

I guess it's going to take the award of the CIPA and progress on the various other work streams before they up their target and remove the "speculative" comment. A workable resolution to the levy issue would also be helpful.

The CIPA's got to be worth another 10 to 15p. Let's hope it lands soon...we want this momentum to be maintained.

In effect, this is verification and vindication of the plan. No wonder DV describes it as being significant.

Strange that, isn't it? Poor lad must be drowning his sorrows in the Bricklayers Arms in Sheffield.

It's just touched 23p on very little volume, so it doesn't look like day traders pushing it up.

Indeed. Bid now 22.10.

Not2sure, that's true - last year was a bit of an outlier.

Fort, I wasn't going to mention this, but SC is gifting his options to me for all the loyal support I gave him over the years. Whoops!

Fort, there could be a major disagreement going on about the type of biscuits being served. Hobnobs versus ginger nuts can certainly lead to serious divisions.

An AGM is a simple routine matter for which, under normal circumstances, there is little reason to delay until the last moment. Directors usually have the date in their diary months in advance and it's regarded as being pretty much cast in stone. So what's going on here?

If you think about the Resolutions which are presented, they are not likely to be controversial. Sure, we had the Mather issue a few years ago and last year the pre-emption rights question was tabled, although in the end it was passed easily - no doubt the result of pre-meeting lobbying of the major shareholders.

So why the delay this year?

Are they hoping to get positive news out beforehand, such as more drilling results or the CIPA? But these don't require shareholder approval, so is there something coming our way which does?

All will be revealed in the coming days, but fingers crossed for something interesting being tabled.

Who needs AI when we've got Quady? The only question is how do we monetize him?

Ah yes, those successful socialist governments of the late '60s and '70's who drove us to bankruptcy and into the hands of the IMF.

Halcyon days of plenty which are about to be repeated.

Unless they're planning to hold the AGM during the Christmas shutdown, they have the rest of this week to issue notice of the meeting.

Looking back over recent history, this will be the latest date the AGM has been held.

Communication, or lack thereof.

To date, both DV and PS have been pretty good at responding to questions from various shareholders. This stopped a few weeks ago. For example, one individual was asked by DV to get in touch to arrange a telephone call, but when he did so he didn't receive a reply. A question to PS received the response "can't comment" to his fairly innocuous enquiry. And of course, we've had no news of anything of of substance despite the fact some is due.

Are we due a blockbuster? Or will we simply get the AGM notice which will contain nothing of interest?

Place your bets.

Pbow, I got the impression they were saying it's too big for them. Was that your take?