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Putin needs Ukraine as a bulwark against NATO,and why not?All the countries in NATO are aligned against Russia in particular,I don't blame him.In any case no-one batted an eyelid when we invaded Iraq,also a sovereign state.Sanctions will not worry him as China will take as much gas,coal and minerals as Russia can produce.If he invades a NATO country(which he won't)well that would be another matter.Also he will have a lot of cheap wheat to feed his peasants !

Hello BBW.At least there will be no more floods now that Boris has levelled up the country !

BBW-Not if you bought Tullow like I did 6 years ago.Absolute disaster.

BBW- as always you are right.However Russia will not invade Ukraine,Putin has all his money in foreign bank accounts,these will be frozen and then he will be toast.Or has too much sun fried my brain?

BBW I have just sold my entire shareholding in Glencore.Alas,you may never hear from me again !You may find me on a beach in The Algarve roasting in my own fat.

They can promise whatever they like.A lot of us will not be around in 2050 to see if they have delivered on their promise.As Greta Thunberg said its all a load of blah blah blah.

Why?As far as I know Tesco does not sell copper cobalt,coal !!

Hi Bald_Eagle.They are now calling the interim dividend and the final dividend a "Special" dividend which is paid twice yearly.Therefore there is no l additional special dividend as we properly know it.You will get 6 cents per share on 21st.September.Sorry,you will have to put the champers back on ice.I suppose they are calling it "special" because dividends are so rare these days !

What levels football has sunk to,more like cage boxing.Not the game I once knew.I cannot feel sorry for players who are being paid £300,000 a week,more than some people earn in a lifetime.

"Hayward exits Glencore".Hope does indeed spring eternal!

Arsenal58.I think you'll find the correct German word is Arschlocher with an umlaut over the "O".

You could well be right BBW.Especially in view of the fact that Ivan is retiring at the end of June,and this would be a nice little earner for him.

You could well be right BBW.Especially in view of the fact that Ivan is retiring at the end of June,and this would be a nice little earner for him.

BBW.Being married has many advantages.If you peg out or get divorced she gets to keep the house and all your wealth completely free of any tax.Where else can you get a deal like that!!

The Stone Age never ended because they ran out of stones.Plenty of coal and oil around for a long time to come,it's just that the future lies with renewables.

BBW-I find myself agreeing with you as usual.The only reason that we are not in recession is that the last 2 quarters have been so abysmal this quarter looks so good.We live in a fairytale world where government debt is out of control and revenue falling off a cliff.But never mind,they just add it to the national debt which is now more than £2 trillion and which thet have no intention of paying down as long as they keep paying the interest-which is why interest rates are kept artificially low.After all we are one of the richest countries in the world!How can you be rich with that debt pile?So there you have it in a nutshell.Keep the Tramadol close to hand.

Hi BBW.Hope you are right,but can't see that happening.Don't forget that Ivan and his team are paid in dividends not salary.so there is no incentive to jack up the share price as long as they are making enough to cover the dividend.

I would do that noggers.In fact I have done that.Worse to come when we leave the EU without a deal which seems likely.Sold TW last December @ £2.00 a pop.

The bottomless pit does not have a bottom.They just continue to print money and borrow at next to nothing interest rates.It's the savers and investors who get smashed as usual.

150,000 houses a year,hardly "booming" I think.Lloyds oracle states "unemployment will peak in 2021 at 12.5%,national income will shrink by 17.7% this year,and house prices will fall by just under 30% over a 3 year period".Not a good omen.Hard times ahead for the economy,and the housing market in particular.We are heading deeper into recession,and there is nothing anyone can do about it.