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Is it me or is HMG turning this country into a nanny state ? Your evil if you drive petrol cars, your evil if you have a gas boilers, evil if you smoke etc etc , but if you can afford electric cars and thermal heat exchangers your place in heaven is assured !. Why not hit drinkers while we are at it ? it would be funny if it was not so serious , after the oilers have been taxed im getting a bit nervous here .

Nazir basically we get a new Haleon share for every GSK share we own currently. It is a grey area however is that before or after the consolidation ? I think it is before but dont hold me to that , in a nut shell NEWGSK needs to reflect in its share price the fact its chopped off its Haleon assets.

I have waded thru the circular to share holders sent out , im old fashioned share cert and everything sent to me on paper. I have also had to ask for a paper copy of Haleon prospectus which I would of expected everyone to get automatically .In a nut shell we will get around 52p a year on our combined newGSK and Haleon shares .NewGSK will consolidate its shares and if we are very lucky we will all just about stand still although the prospectus says the share price may go down if the market thinks its all a bad idea.It annoys me that all the bla bla bla talks about unlocking value in GSK via the split then they stick the knife in and say sorry you only get 52p not the old 80p a year Divi certainly in 2023 who knows what 2024 will bring ? I do ask how the hell is that unlocking value and providing share holders with wonderful opportunities ? I am breathless at times with the bare arse cheek and double standards of it al, l who ever writes the prospectuses must be a politician .

Seem like your the one crying Nomad ?, I seem to have struck a nerve with yourself , just look at yesterdays charts up over 2400 and brought straight down again at 4.30 ,this will never ever get to 3000 under current management and HMG interference no matter what twaddle analyst write .2400 is currently a strong resistance level which I am as frustrated with as everybody else !. HMG has taxed her and caused a high level of uncertainty , nobody can tell if the current 3 year tax imposed will stay in place after 3 years ? and a poor 4% divi increase is all that's offered going forward by the CEO. I would suggest it will be too tempting to ever give it back , a precident has now been set by number 11 and future chancellors and every wok press will moan if we get our old divi back , they want the money spent of vanity green projects most motorists and shell share holders dont even want and certainly cant afford...Finally your last point I never understand why people have to have 1000's posts to be listened too or have their views even accepted as just another point of view ?..I have been on and off LSE under different profile names for many years , pre lockdown etc one used to have better things to do, I have had over 1700 shares for around 10 years held on good old fashioned paper certificates. Hope that helps. Have a good week everyone, as only rose tinted views are wanted here I shall just watch from the side lines and post no more , hopefully 2450-2500 will be reached in the next 3 weeks ??? I would love 3000 but its not looking promising . Have a good week everyone and I hope all your dreams come true..

Nomad if you were in pre 2020 like me and many others here then I dont think returning only half the dividends Shell did in 2019 etc with the same share price now is good news ? , and with the CEO only committed to only 4% divi growth a year its not a particularly good reason to stay in the oil game going forward either, hence my BP are gone at a small profit and Im waiting for 2450-2500 to cover my dealing costs out of Shell at a small profit.. .Again today she bounced back after passing 2400 there is def a ceiling here I feel shell is not a cash cow for investors and pension funds anymore .if peace is declared in Ukraine and opec start pumping this will retreat a whole lot more in my opinion . Im certainly not happy I bought shell I thought for life but HMG and wok britain is the death of a decent share.This is just my observation and opinion DYOR. I bought shell as a decent oil and gas company to provide a sound retirement income.Its now a poor paying divi share unless you bought at 2020 lows ? and its now a play thing for HMG and green looneys . Good luck everyone if you think Shell is good for your pocket then stay put else I suggest you look elsewhere , we are all adults and we all have different views and reasons for being in shell so I dont expect everybody to agree with me. I do want the SP to take off so I can get out soon as possible but I am not holding my breath..

I hope u r right Nomad but she keeps bouncing back off 2400 , the more I can get the better.I think there will be a lot of resistance at £24 and the gov taxes dont make shell the bell of the ball anymore £30 is impossible pie in the sky shell has never been that high even with decent dividends which will never return. I will give it till July hopefully sell my first half at 25 if she ever gets there ? and then see how the land lies ? I will bite the bullet to get better returns elsewhere regardless by July and well the lot, it hurts me to say the divi now is historically very poor and HMG will be pulling every string possible to keep the wok media happy.

Its sad but true ,if all the negative news around the world at the moment effecting oil prices etc etc cant get Shell easily over 2400 and stay there then nothing will and all the analysts wild high share price predictions are a load of tosh !!!.

I remember those bank crisis and TW days I think it went down to 3p hind site is a perfect science ! bought mine at 30p .Mind you again we have been nobbled now as the special TW Divi brought it up to around 16p+ a year now we are down to 8.8 p and the new CEO has not announced a special only pointless buy backs to appease HMG and the media after Greenfill Tower . Again HMG leant on a lot of companies unlike in the USA and a lot of FTSE companies paid no Divi . TW never gave us back our frozen divi as you know. Then the Greenfill cladding nonsense kicked in and HMG wanted just the uk registered builders to pay for all the re cladding even when they did not even build the dam tower blocks effected !!!!
HMG unlike other world governments have nobbled a lot of investors to fund their **** ups and wok issues like with Shell & BP etc , its hard enough to pick a good company without HMG coming along at the eleventh hour and stopping any pay outs to share holders as wok media think we are all millionaires living off the labour of the wok masses. .Good luck I am retired as well and share your pain.

I agree Nomad, I am an ex fan of shell and reluctant woodbe seller but the days of never sell shell have come to an end !.. If you have a war chest to spend on oil would you invest in a company hobbled by 65% tax on profits and with a dividend halved over night at the same time as an American oil company keeps paying out full dividends Covid or not and where even a Democrate government are not even taxing the life out of them ? .Not a hard choice to make , HMG are shooting at the goose that lays the golden egg with Boris's big bazooka !!!, pension funds and private investors wont take this wok nonsense for much longer .

Seems to be a lot of resistance around 2400 , she breaks it and just falls again shortly afterwards no matter what the oil prices are and all the bad news around re supply.If it was not for Ukraine I think we would be a lot lower than where we are now , and if Opec open the taps to increase supply soon it could soon fall a lot more. May have to sell at a small loss next week , if Shell price cant get over 2400 convincingly with all the bad news now on oil supply it never will.

I agree buy backs are just smoke and mirrors and just legalised theft. .They are just to keep HMG happy along with the media so us alleged multi millionaires are not seen to get any income from hard pressed working people. We used to get a nice welcome special Divi announced over the summer months which was the main reason people bought this share .And dont forget TW kept our divi money on HMG orders during covid . so is the new CEO going to do the right thing and give our money back do we think ? Don't hold your breath, its all legalised theft , CEO's all over the FTSE dont really care as their incomes dont suffer, a lot have a knighthoods etc at stake .

thinking too much = too much poor ? what is this supposed to mean ? Its not even Queens English ? .

All I know is if my capital outlay in shell shares is returning 50% less in terms of dividends despite what the oil price is on any given day .I know my dividend returns still are 50% less than before Jan 2020 so its totally irrelevant what the oil price is now and its totally irrelevant how much profit shell make now or next year etc as that income is not being returned to loyal share holders .We are getting 4% increases max as stated clearly by the Shell CEO end of . Our Divi money is being wasted on foolish green wok policy and new gov taxes to keep the wok media happy. It is the sensible thing therefore to assess how ones capital can be better invested elsewhere to make far better returns. Roll on 2450 and im out , all my BP shares are sold and the money returning 100% more elsewhere. It annoys me to see Shell, BP etc used in the same way as builders & banks just to keep the media happy .Why not hit Pharma,Energy,National grid suppliers, Why not make Amazon actually pay any tax !!! , What about the monopoly supermarkets had during Covid none of this is mentioned in the media etc . They all made a massive killing out of Covid , they were all were one off profits out of the blue , why not tax their profits ??? !!!! If they did this in the US there would burn down the WhiteHouse , .All US big oil paid out full dividends during covid and still do with no taxes why is HMG forcing Shell to give in to the Wok Media ? Sorry Its all over folks it hurts me to say it but UK oil companies are just going to be used as a cash cow every year now to fund the next Wok idea and latest winging by the media . The precedent is set, After all we are all multi millionaires on here making a killing from the hard working masses, lets be honest mind you those moaning the loudest about oilers have not done a day work in their life and want a free ride .Good luck all , if you got in on the 2020 lows well done , everyone else you have my sympathy .Have a good week.

I agree with all the comments from the long term holders who still have not got the SP back to their entry prices and more importantly the Divi is still down 50% !!! from 2019. I would take some comfort if I felt and read any of these new profits the media are ranting over were actually used to help us suffering share holders too raise the divi back from its monumental crash in 2020. That would not be much to ask of our CEO to just reinstate the old divi price ,that after all is what he is paid for ? he is paid too look after the share holders interests not keep channel 4 news ,Boris and his wife happy !!!. But if anybody bothers to read the new wok green Shell strategy iit clearly says divi will only be raised by 4% a year NO MATTER HOW BIG OUR PROFITS ARE .Buy backs do sod all for share holders and are just used to keep hmg and the wok media happy. Im sorry but forget any significant Divi increase all surplace will go too green causes not reinstating the divi which could and should of been done straight away in my opinion .Its going to take 10 years to get our old divi back guys !.I loved shell but its going to be milked the same way as the banks with PPI and I will now sell the lot at 2500 if we ever get there !!! , all my BP have been sold already at a small profit . We all have different strategy's but unless you bought at the lows in 2020 you are screwed from what I can read if you need divi income to live on like me . Good luck all, make up your own minds and do your own research as always .

I agree Jing I am not impressed about waiting 2 more years and i feel sorry for my kids who can work to 70+ my grandad and father in law all died under 70. WE all signed up for our state pensions in good faith aiming for 65 , Ladies blame those feminists you had 60 and then let the wok feminist make u do 7 more years !!!!.My point is its bad enough to make changes for the future but to screw people over when the finish line was in site is below the belt. MP's are lucky they get 1 years full salary straight off when they loose their seats £80k for doing sod all !!! then get a good pension and seats on boards of companies drinking coffee for 1 day a week stuffing brown envelopes in their pockets for favours from their mates , it must be hard ..

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Anyone else concerned about HMG constant interference in FTSE100 companies and gunning for the smoking industry now ? , I dont smoke or drive a V12 Aston Martin or V8 Muscle car etc etc etc but hey I think people should be able too do what they want if it does not hurt anybody else .What is the meaning of life if you cant have some sin and pleasure now and then ? It seems every share I go into some wok bore and jealous idiot wants to stop my dividends and fund via my income their latest green issue and misguided self interest campaigns. Oilers are not allowed to make a profit for share holders god forbid or reward share holders at all , All builders are to blame for Greenfill towers despite poor gov building regs etc so again all builders must pay towards cladding removal regardless if their company even built any dam tower blocks in the first place !!!!.We had the UK banks bled dry by PPI false claims to make HMG look wok and caring and now the sin Cig companies are being clobbered despite like the oilers they pay massive amounts of taxes to HMG coffers . Can somebody tell me where I can invest and get a good divi without the green wok nutters telling me I must be a privileged multi millionaire and then stealing my retirement income from me yet again ?.

I know how you feel velindre Im waiting for £24.50 to sell up. and move on.The media never let the truth get in the way of a good story, we all have taken a massive hit with the share price clobbered by covid, divis dropped by 2/3 at one point and still not restored to anywhere near 2020 levels.It will take 10 years at the announced annual 4% increases to get our old divi back pre 2020 !!! but nobody mentions that on the news. I liked being in shell now Im stressing trying to get out asap before HMG use it as a cash cow like they did with the UK banks and PPI to fund their fuc*ed up economic policy.

Half year results look ok on their web site but no matter what shares I have held be they oilers ,Pharma,Banks , fags,buiders etc etc etc the financial market always seems to suite itself. If profits are up they are not enough and the share drops , or if debt is down its not down enough so the shares drop or market share has not increased as much as so called analysts expected stock goes down etc etc etc .If the losses are not as bad as thought share goes up ! .In a nut shell what ever way shares go its more to do with what short positions etc the markets have already opened and they doctor the news to suite themselves .Anyway hopefully this will go up but nothing surprises me anymore .

Unfortunately I need 2450 to break even, I was in Shell a long while,Hopefully buy backs and high oil prices will push her over 2450 once more ?. There are a lot of investors hurting with their Divis halved, the maths does not stack up if ones shell investment pot is returning only half what it used to make. I hope anyone who got in on the 2020 lows is doing well but I am not one of them .

In case I confused anyone this is the video I meant below. Have a good weeekend everyone .I am sure ICE cars and gas boilers will be having massive sale increases just before 2030 better book one now.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=topgera+video+clarkson+aston+martin+v12&view=detail&mid=3E1319C0EF45BD3470FC3E1319C0EF45BD3470FC&FORM=VIRE

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=topgera%20video%20clarkson%20aston%20martin%20v12&&FORM=VDVVXX

This video sums up how I and I suspect everyone else with an ounce of soul feel regardless of what we drive .It also explains why we should not allow ourselves to be driven and controlled by WOK media and Wok governments to surrender our basic rights to drive what ever car we want, powered by whatever means we choose and to be able heat our homes what ever way we can afford.Is that really too much to ask ?.