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Going down and the yanks are not even operating yet...

Oracle, but as Jtan pointed out, most on here are underwater already, so bailing out now realises their losses and jump back in when? There is no secret 'entry point'.
There are others on here that are short too, yet they are not gloating and giddy with excitement..

Oracle, are you bored mate?
Just curious as you seem to delight in ordinary people losing money that they worked hard for just to make a somewhat better life for themselves and family. Is this society failing you during the course of your life?
Do you blame people for your miserable existence so feel the need to wish ill will on those that have suffered misfortune?
I wonder if you jeer and gloat when you see starving children in Afghanistan or Yemen? Same mindset in play.
Of course I could be wrong, but I will let you correct me if it so pleases you to do so.

Not yet bobbins, not yet!
I will send a morse when it's time. Take your Vit D as you will not be seeing sunlight this side of Xmas...

MOnkeypox seems to be affecting only one tiny segment of society, and if memory serves me right, the majority could care less. Anyway, people are sick and tired of BS pandemics, they have more pressing concerns.

Amen brother!

I think people will always fly, those that are struggling with day to day bill rises may not, but the vast majority will just shrug their shoulders, pay up and travel. That's just the way it is.
Has anyone stopped putting fuel in their cars since it hit £2.00p/l? No, so they will just accept it as normal within a few weeks. We always do. The first few weeks of the Russian invasion had everyone glued to their screens, now, even the media reports it somewhere in the middle...maybe.

AC777, if you wish to post on here then do so. So what if you like posting about your previous predictions. I read all comments, good, bad or indifferent, if I choose to respond then I do or I just move along.
I like having a bit of a banter with a few folks on here, 'cos simply put, what I write has zero influence over the SP.
The market is so rigged it is laughable.

Actually that is the most sensible way to do it, stick to the man, not the little people. Win win and probably get public support behind you.

See what happens when the yanks are not around?
They actually switch off their bots that suppress the European markets

Agree, but if we paid people for how much they contribute to the betterment of society as a whole, the whole pay structure would be turned upside down. And politicians will have to pay us to have a job!!

Anyway, apologies for taking a tangent from the thrilling ride that is BP sp.

The problem is, like most stories, you only get one side at a time. And then that side puts their spin on it. Yes this government is also allowing things to get out of hand, just to let the public focus elsewhere and not at No.10.

I also do not think using the "they look after public safety" is credible. Because if you choose to do that job, then that is what it is. Or go stack shelves in a supermarket. You go through training, safety course and continual OTJ training. No one is paying them decent wages to stand around and pick their noses while reading The Sun... I could be wrong about the last bit.
Teachers are also entrusted with a class room of your kids.. Just saying.

I do not think Europe will ever 'normalise' relationships with Russia during my lifetime. Any leader or country that has a imperialistic leanings have no rights to normal relationships, business or otherwise.
No matter how many leaders they go through, the core values are the same.

The media will never tell the public the basic salaries of train drivers while reporting on strike action or talking with the TUC on interviews.
If they did, the public will tell them where to get off and I don't mean the next stop.
Now look at nurses pay and for that matter teachers...
A friend of mine many years ago, signed up to be a train driver, got qualified and told there was a 18-24 month wait before they would have a position for him, that is how many people want those jobs.

If they are going to start taxing companies based on previous profits and call it a windfall tax, perhaps they should have a real close look at Pfizer....
Oil cost @$50+/- pb, market price now @$115 +/-
Pfizer CV-19 $4-5.00 per shot delivered inc R&D, selling for $28-35 per shot...
So, profiteering by whom?

Without a doubt there closed room talks in progress. Business's have to play the optics game. Money is their driver and rightly so as otherwise what's the point of being in business?

meoryou
No, Europe has changed and I cannot see things will 'go back' to the way they were in every sense. There is too much outside political pressure. The invasion has highlighted who is your friend and who is just a business convenience.
So many US corporations have left Russia and they will never return, they were also in Ukraine and may not reopen there either.
Not sure what the new normal will look like either yet.
But do know that so many interests have taken this opportunity the push their agenda forward it's dizzying... And the media is all over the place as to what to push as their headline for the day.

Germany shot themselves in the foot by getting rid of all their nuclear power plants, vowing to never go back, yet their neighbour is burning every nugget of coal they can dig up!

Chandley, agree. Political smoke and mirrors. Just so western citizens can rally behind their leaders with gasps of 'ooh and aah', "What a terrible person Putin is" also, a very timely and convenient boogyman to blame rising costs onto.

I am no fan of Putin but will say this. Sanctions are like a gun that fires in both directions, hitting the assailant and the shooter, both parties are getting hurt.

Europe buys gas from Russia, US says stop buying gas from Russia and you will hurt Putin. Does not affect the US.
Europe buys oil from Russia, US says stop buying oil from Russia and you will hurt Putin. Does not affect the US.

In all theses cases (and other examples, grain, wheat, sunflower oil) Europe and other countries pay the price too.
The US tells us what to do and we end up paying the price, America has it's own oil, gas, wheat, grains so pretty much insulated from any sanction effects.
See where I'm going with this?

Also, majority of Russians have very little anyway, so threatening to take away very little makes no real difference to them.
I saw a news clip and they asked ordinary people what would they do now, they said, nothing! We had nothing, we will go back to having nothing.
I do not condone Putin's behaviour but this has all the signs of a break up of Ukraine, much like the Yugoslavia in the 90's.

bobbins, good to have you back buddy, how was Skegness?