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If shorting is OK why has the practice been band in nearly every country in the world? I think shorting can undermine a company and be used as a tool to discretely force down S/P . With respect and IMHO.

Trevor,
It is not illegal to have an opinion. My opinion is that you and the other blues brother are a pair of miserable git5.
For the love of life cheer up.

Typical of banks to act in this slippery snake way. Over £2 and I am out of financials for ever. Do not deserve the trust and faith of holders imho.

Yeah you are probably right Mystic. He is a cure for happiness.

Every BB you or I read eventually attracts its miserable g1t. On here its you retirment.
Glass always half empty, storm clouds on horizon, toast jam side down, reliant on pessimism back of que when good luck was handed out etc. What you say may happen. But it may not. The fuel problem would not have happened if the bastion of all things truthful the BBC had not highlighted a few stations running low then squawking "Panic buying".
For the love of life cheer up retirment or refrain from posting. Peeps here know what's happening. No need to keep REPEATING doom. it is wearisome.

I should of added not all on the same day...

For anyone who enjoys old fighter aircraft there is footage on youtube of an English electric Lightening chasing after and catching a U2 spy plane at full height. The same aircraft then went on to catch Concorde as it flew over. RR engines of course.
Ten minutes of amazing footage. I think it topped out at 90,000 ft. Unbelievable performance for the day. GLA.

Retirement, You have banged your hold drum for a few days now and you could be right. However 2023 is only just over a year away. By then I expect RR to be moving forward at speed. Flight payments started again, Nuclear power generation and propulsion, A world beating engine with ultrafan and the new gear box that is sensational in engineering terms. In just over a year I expect management to be cancelling shares, small divi and debt reduction. Directors have said this is in the plan and I do believe them., unlike bank management/ directors. I see no reason this will not be £3 - £4 in 18 months time. GL finding another 50% upturn. I think peeps here have already got theirs in near future.

retirment If you view RR share price cycle, about 8-10 year it shows swings from 69p to over £12. Now with twice as many shares in issue £6 would be tops. So £3 to £4 is very doable medium term. There was also talk of buy backs. IMHO 144p is still cheap. gl.

Thinking the same and your advice is sound. Fed up with barcs atm, been there for years and it seems stagnant with poor divi. Out of mrw now about to exit barc. LGEN looks to have a good steady divi so 260 - 270 is my points of purchase. We will watch.
Enjoy your jollies take care. Bert.

RR " It can be adapted to any engine size"
I can see no issues with ultra fan fitting todays aircraft design.

Rolls-Royce announced today that its UltraFan® power gearbox has set a new world aerospace record at its facility in Germany.

The gearbox has reached 87,000 horsepower or 64 megawatts – enough to power a city the size of Bath, United Kingdom - on test at Dahlewitz, near Berlin. The power milestone was achieved as build continues on the power gearbox that will be delivered for the actual UltraFan demonstrator engine, UF001, later this year.

UltraFan, which is scalable for narrowbody or widebody aircraft, is a key element of Rolls-Royce’s commitment to making travel more sustainable. Gas turbines will continue to be the bedrock of long-haul aviation for many years, and UltraFan’s efficiency will help improve the economics of an industry transition to more sustainable fuels, which are likely to be more expensive in the short-term than traditional jet fuel. The first test run of the engine will be conducted on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

This is ground breaking. The resulting fuel save from earlier Trent engines will be around 25%. See RR web site.
Hold onto your hats because in next years other makers are going to struggle against this engine. IMHO.
When British and German engineers work together it shows what can be done. Brilliant.

The Morrisons bidding war is set to be decided in a dramatic auction showdown ‘within weeks’, the Mail has reported.

The Takeover Panel is expected to begin talks with the two bidders and the Morrisons board as soon as this week to draw a line under the three-month battle and end the ‘great uncertainty’ suffered by the business, its employers and suppliers.

The Bradford-based grocer’s £7.02 billion market capitalisation, at Friday’s close, was less than 1 per cent behind Sainsbury’s £7.08 billion valuation, and the market expects the bidding for Morrisons to go higher still.

Bring it on.

Morning falkland,
Even at the purchase of 350p they may have also got matching as all holders did at 32p. Thus lessening the impact of sp collapse.
long term history of RR sp since being made public again in 85 is like a 10 year roller coaster. Recession in 90`s saw a sp collapse only to recover. Then came 9/11 sp went down to 69p from memory. Only to recover to around £7. Then financial crash. Not sure of exact timing now but years later shares were trading at over £12. I see no reason why , with the dilution, RR won`t be trading at £5 in 4 years time if it follows usual pattern . Patience needed as always with RR.

In the interest of our planet I agree things have to change. However how are we going to change China, India, Brazil the USA etc. Basically GB could sink below the waves and it would make no difference to climate change. ( Strange Scotland having a ground frost on the longest day of year though) I do think Hydrogen has potential. If we can make it safe then it ticks a lot of boxes. EV have also a waste problem that is also being overlooked, what do we do with the millions of used batteries? Is there enough lithium in the world to make all thats needed?
Indeed there are problems either way. Thanks for the civil answer.
PS I don`t have a caravan either.

Why are many electric cars not suitable for towing a caravan?
There are several reasons why electric cars aren't approved to tow or can't tow very much, but the biggest one is type approval: a process that every model has to go through before it can be sold. In that process, makers decide whether to approve the vehicles for towing or not – and many electric cars simply aren’t approved for towing.

There are some very good reasons for this. Chiefly, the extra weight of a caravan could cause the car’s motors and brakes to struggle. Electric cars are already heavier than conventional vehicles, placing more strain on some parts, and a speedboat hitched on the back would add to this. Then there is the issue of regenerative braking systems which slow electric cars quickly to recapture kinetic energy as electricity and charge the battery. The more extreme settings of these systems might cause a trailer to behave in an unexpected way when the car slows as a result of the driver lifting off the throttle.

What's also certain is that hitching a caravan on to the back of an electric car will reduce the car’s overall potential range significantly.
Read the last bit Manxiety don`t forget heater and even more lights. OK if caravaning 25 miles from home. And just where do you think the electricity needed for charging is coming from? Please don't say just wind and solar , that would be head in sand time.
PS there was no need for rudeness because I have a different view than yours. Think a big dose of realism is needed before we all drive electric cars.

Common sense an a bit of maths needed.
How do you heat an electric car / vehicle in winter- Batteries. Reduces range by up to half and don`t forget lights.
How do you tow with electric, you don`t.
On average 140 cars / hour fill up at motorway services . Services every 20 miles or so. How will you charge this amount of vehicles? It will need a small power station at every services. ( Perhaps RR will provide this power) Just not realistic. Of course the good old BBC don`t ever mention these problems but they will come. Traveling from Yorkshire to Cornwall being a 2 day event coming soon.
Japan may be going towards Hydrogen powered which by product is water. Just needs making safe.
Just very important questions do you have answers?

Tend not to agree there Crowman. Worked there 40+ years and know RR involvement in military is huge. Power generation is also growing and with all the useless electric vehicles about soon more power will be needed. There is still a massive order book and civil will recover in time.
The outlook not as gloomy as you predict. GL.

MVarawa,
That sounds like the board / presenters of the BBC.

Taverham, spot on good advice. Tax and commission sap profits.