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I don't mind buybacks but I prefer cash. A bit of both would have met investor 'expectations'. But I'm sure they know what they are doing.

"Gas is not as green as grass though!"
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But what eats the grass?....and what do those ruminants emit?
Hopefully we can agree, less grass, more rainforest!!.....ideally find a way to expolit the riches of the rainforests so that the economic need to cut them down is reduced.

"You couldnt make this up......."
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I suspect it is about the amount of CO2 the energy source releases.

Nuclear is costly & creates problems with waste but doesn't emit much CO2 (especially compared to coal). I also saw a domestic heating system that used gas, which was converted into hydrogen & the hydrogen burned to release water.....expensive, impractical on large scale but technically 'green'!!!

"The US approach, in some places, is to pay people to take the jab: I don’t approve of that but would have to concede that it’s more likely to be effective as an incentive than NHS charges."
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The Jabbathon continues Christmas & Boxing day.....so maybe a few hesitant people will be 'encouraged' by the prospect of a mince pie or just to escape having to watch 'It's a Wonderful Life' again....in America I heard they give free beer that's more my cup of tea!!
Merry Christmas to all genuine people....extra-terrestrials excepted of course!!

"As someone else here said, Darwinian selection has stupidity covered."
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I think it was a joke!
Some people have to be discouraged from behaving in certain ways for their own good and also for the good of society.
If the NHS was an unlimited resource then I would agree with you. But it has to be protected so that it can get on with tackling ailments other than covid and of course the backlog. Having 6 million people with increased risk from the virus has to be tackled by encouragement and making people aware of the consequences of their decision. Mandating vaccination would be a mistake...I am OK with increasing the 'consequences' of remaining unvaccinated. It is because I am selfish and if I have to go to A&E I want to be seen is a reasonable time (especially if it is life threatening).

"When something is ‘recommended’ (rather than mandated) then there can be no penalty for declining to do it."
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It would depend on what one means by 'penalty'.....If I choose not to follow a recommendation then there may be consequences.....whether those consequences equates to a 'penalty' is up for debate.
Even the tax system is used to encourage certain types of behaviour and discourage others without mandating things. I suppose to some tax is a penalty....but to others it is a consequence or an encouragement (depending upon POV).

These people who go up into the mountains in winter wearing trainers & T-shirt, then have to get rescued by helicopters & mauntain rescue teams. The rescuers have to put themselves in danger and the cost must be huge. All because some 'numpty' had the free choice to do something stupidly risky. Give them a bill for getting rescued I say.....consequences!!

""People who jump off buildings with a parachute pay a higher insurance premium than the average person..." [Baldeagle]
Surely that only applies to optional private health insurance."
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Boyobach, my analogy wasn't perfect. But yes, people who 'base jump' should really have private medical insurance. But thankfully there aren't 6 million people doing that sort of thing every day. If there was and the hospitals were getting clogged up with them then 'perhaps' society would be a bit 'annoyed' by their behaviour and their risky lifestyles....freely chosen!!

"Vaccines are recommended in the UK rather than mandated,..."
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Boyobach, I don't believe I said that vaccines should be mandated. Only that there should be consequences when a person 'freely' chooses not to be vaccinated.
One of those consequences might be the ability to use scheduled flights, say if a third country demanded that arriving passengers be fully vaccinated, then it would be a 'consequence' of remanining unvaccinated. It would be a person's 'free' choice not to be able to fly to that country.
Same with the NHS....perople can remain unvaccinated but IF they get hospitalised and receive treatment they should (IMO) bear a cost for their self-imposed increased risk. No reason why the 90% of vaccinated tax-payers should fund all of that treatment and tacitly encourage their decision on vaccination. Consequences - encouragement(!) maybe - not mandation seems reasonable to me.
Same with most things in life. I can do 'almost' anything I want to do but there are consequences to each & every decision. If there are no consequences then it is a version of 'Wild West'!!

"As Brits do we not support ‘freedom of choice’ ?"
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We have 'freedom of choice' but only within accepted norms of behaviour....otherwise it would be the 'Wild West'!!
Smoking, junk food and alcohol are all addicitve to some extent. A legal addiction that has been normalised....so as a society we accept the consequences of that addiction. However IF there were a vaccine that reduced the risk of harmful addiction from smoking, burgers & booze I reckon the 'personal choice' argument would shift....and society in general would get a bit annoyed at paying for something that could be avoided (or the risk reduced).
Sure, they have the personal choice not to reduce their risk but there are consequences. People who jump off buildings with a parachute pay a higher insurance premium than the average person....the NHS is simply a public health insurance scheme.

Lots of new faces. Perhaps a sign that BARC is going places!!!
Seems odd that I am relying on day traders & ' pumpers & dumpers' to booster the SP of BARC, which used to be regarded as a blue chip stock. C'est la Guerre

A lot of UK businesses are open Christmas eve but no work is done. Just waitng for the approval from on high to go home....or down the pub (suitably distanced).

"on the beeb 4 out of 5 covid cases in intensive care are not vaccinated.
Like I said, Darwin knew his onions"
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I'm not sure why they aren't being given a bill by the NHS at the end of their treatment....most 'sensible' people have reduced their risk by being vaccinated. Why should tax payers pay for lemmings who seem intent on throwing themelsves off a cliff!!
Controversial ...but that's how I feel.

"Hopefully Darwin will take care of the anti-vax clowns"
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It is 'almost' like a form of natural selection. Darwinism has been superceded by Trumpism!!

The obvious answer....TRMR launch a takeover bid for LG!
It has always been about control of the data. Whoever has ultimate control of the data has a lot of influence.

TrickyD, I have seen that supposition before. It is based on a hypothetical situation that is made slightly disturbing (at best) by the enormity of what happened to the Jewish people. Best to let the academics discuss such things....not relevant to TRMR.

"Do Tremor need to spend more to grow more?"
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Perhaps they need to spend money to make their business model more robust. Recently they parted way with a company that supplied CTV data (something to do with LG wasn't it??) and that loss of critical information worried me. Perhaps they need to acquire such a business or create an in-house alternative to protect themselves in the future.

MrA, good morning to you. An 'interesting' week ahead. What happens may depend upon political decisions....so basically 'almost' anything could happen. Question is how much of this uncertainty has been factored in already....people will always be interested in clear bargains. Equally want to avoid a 'falling knife' scenario (IMO not that bad!!)
It is interesting to see Rishi Sunak dragging his feet on support for business. I can see why, the piggy bank has been smashed open a few times...hard to see it surviving another hammering!! Unfortunately a lot of small businesses won't survive without 'real' help (if one believes the small business community!)
God luck

"In that case Tricky I'll take the logrithmic one and leave the stage a happy fella,...."
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Wouldn't it depend where on the logorithmic growth curve you are?

Exponential growth is surely unrealistic for long periods....I could see it morphing into logorithmic growth as controlling factors start to kick in. ExpoLogo growth!!

"Isn't it nice to have so much choice and so many differing conclusions? "
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Give me enough money and I'll tell them whatever they want to hear!!!....broker target prices are exactly the same?!