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Ford. his war is being fought to prevent a regime—one controlled by medieval religious hardliners—from acquiring nuclear weapons. These are weapons they have previously suggested they would be willing to use. Even more concerning is the possibility that such a regime would share nuclear capability with client terrorist groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, or perhaps the Houthis. In that scenario the weapons would likely not be strategic missiles, but tactical devices—something far harder to detect or defend against. The implications for the civilised world are difficult to overstate.

The strain of Shia ideology behind this regime contains apocalyptic elements: the belief that catastrophic destruction can form part of divine fulfilment. That context matters when assessing the risks.

Rather than repeating tired and poorly articulated critiques of capitalism, it might be worth trying a more original line of thought. After all, RR itself is a textbook example of capitalism in action.

Anyway, I’ll leave you to it. I’m off to my cave to count my gold.

You really are a rather harmless silly billy.

Gerry, please do not ask TimTim complicated questions

Mark when you say you are 'annoyed with the world,' does that include yourself? You may be gutted but how about all the millions who are literally gutted by wars? Maybe time to think of others who are suffering losses rather than paper losses

Amazing all the funny people coming on and telling us they told us this would happen last week as if they were Ray Dallio or Buffett. A bit of common sense predicted this scenario. The likely scenario is that China will put pressure on the Iranians. China needs cheap oil and a vibrant global economy. Global price shocks are bad for the Chinese economy. It needs cheap oil and doesn't give a stuff about Muslims who they despise and only find them useful when they are useful

When you say set airlines alight can you explain

Apologies, Badland. You are correct about copper etc. I was gold-focused, which tends to jump up and down as it consolidates higher

The only way to save the SP is to follow the advice of Timmy. Tufan, buy the motor cars from BMW...TimTim knows

Gold went to a silly £4k and is now where it should be. You look at it as thing to trade: it not that. For the private investor it is a hedge against equities. Or at least, that is how it has helped me with a nearly 18% lift in a few months....all CGT free. Gold is only going to gradually move up

Badland, metals have hardly fallen off a cliff though I wish they might so I can load up more!

Reppyrr...Tim is our strange guy here. He thinks the old Soviet Empire worked better than democracy. He ignores the millions of murders carried out by the state as component countries like Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania et al were barbarous and run by wild long-haired tribes. He believes that democracies only work if the voter is well educated and intelligent like himself(sic)! His other bete noire is that RR Cars should be acquired. I don't think Tufan is likely to follow Tim on this as each car generates just £20k profit!

Borg, can I ask whether your forecast on a demand for defence stocks?

Borg, are you sure? I sincerely hope so

Ford , try not to be a rampant bore.

Says Tricky....our world traveller and 'general know it all' down the pub

Tim, you should not come here displaying your appalling ignorance. The Soviets annexed and brutalised countries like Hungary, Poland et al; these were countries that represented the heights of civilisation. Stalin massacred millions in the process of perfecting his brutal empire. You claim democracy only works if voters are intelligent and well educated. I hope you don't include yourself in that camp! Have you not noticed that apart from your strange friend Ford we all consider you to be a bit of a laughing stock?

Ford, can you hold your breath too....forever

We shareholders should be reprensented on the RR board.Tim would give endless amusement as our corporarte fool

Tim, so you thought a quasi-communistic system should have been allowed to continue dominating parts of the empire that wanted democracy and Western values? It is so embarrassing to have to respond to someone of limited intelligence

Tim, your amazingly educated insights are always so welcome. No investment decision I make is not balanced by reading your prognostications. Is it true that Tufan is buying back the RR Car Division in order to produce fully armed, armoured cars for the ME? I know you did tell us that RR Car was returning to the fold

Interesting and well informed Smiffy