The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma has just been released. Listen here.
Cards on the table here. I have been a Tory voter for a long long time, am a capitalist, and a long term holder of Enquest. The people who pull the levers in the Tory party today are nothing more than the very worst example of self serving , self interested grifters masquerading as the party of business. To wit, the present PM, a former banker immediately removes the cap on bankers bonuses as soon as he enters No 10, ignores the windfall his industry mates current receive , yet plants an across the board tax on O and G in the NS ignoring the difference in the scale and scope of the players. One size fits all. I cannot find words disgusting enough to describe the Tory party of today.
I honestly would not trust them to run a bath.
Romaron, I wish the board of Enquest read and applied your arguments, we at least might feel they are fighting on behalf of shareholders. As I said yesterday, the full year results on the 28th of March is D Day for AB , if he doesn’t scheidt then , he should get off the pot and let someone else take over. Buybacks or get out time. No more excuses.
The Greens are only with the SNP because Sturgeon needed them. Much like in the past the Tories have needed the DUP.
D Day is 28th March. Providing the Spring Budget does not make WFT worse, Enquest has to declare how much jam and when it is going to be spread across shareholders. Buy back or dividends, both acceptable, but former preferable. No more vague promises for the future . Show time for AB.
The times they are a changing. Net zero and just stop oil are falling out of favour fast. Ive topped by 10%.
Isn’t Gummer the guy who had his kids publicly eat burgers at the height of Mad Cow Disease?
Put bluntly, Milliband is from a Marxist stable, and his “ Strategy” is nothing more than nationalising the NS. All other words are confetti sprinkled by a SPAD.
“Labour are woefully ignorant on the North Sea”. Maybe not so much woefully as wilfully . Starmer needs Milliband to bolster his position. Milliband is a Marxist raised old school communist at heart and dead set intent on nationalising NS oil and gas. Starmer blows hot and cold on major issues and always seeks the least personally harmful. WFT stays as long as Milliband does.
Sarwar is something of a muppet in Scotland. Inherited his father’s constituency but not his intellect. Will back up anything Starmer says for obvious reasons. Will find a difficult life from the folks in the Aberdeen and North East area. Not a serious voice.
“ Labour doing fine with their policies”. The Tories have nightmarishly disconnected these past years, but a Labour government with Starmer and Milliband in the driving seats will be Armageddon. Ideological idiots perpetuating a class war for personal aggrandisement . Anti capitalist clowns meddling in businesses they don’t understand. Utter stupidity underpins their energy plans.
Romaron, I’m open to being educated too. A stonking ops report tomorrow would be a great start , but I fear there is more chance of Trump entering a monastery.
If Shell do plan to make the move, I hope they announce their intention very soon.
Milliband has flip flopped more than Starmer , he will do and say whatever he thinks necessary to regain the party leadership, but is a lot more left wing than he postures. I’d be happy to see him replace Starmer .
Milliband is on record as describing himself as a Jewish Atheist. Hardly a strong religious card to play.
I sense a behind the scenes power struggle here, with Milliband intent on a Marxist move to nationalise energy in all its forms. Starmer is a crowd pleaser and will wait to hear what the crowds on Tyburn hill are demanding. Great opportunity for Sunak if he wakes up.
Great find Dumbly ! How can Starmer square these statements and promises with what has been announced in the last week? Seems to me he could well be saying whatever it takes to keep Milliband happy, what do you think?
Good idea, I think “ Maggie “. Starmer would get some unwanted attention.
Morning Sekforde, interesting contra position to Romaron. Until Beseisu gives us the low down on current performance and future intentions, you could both be right. Who knows. I am not perturbed by Pat McFaddens comments. He is an apparatchik and a disciple of Milliband. Wee Pat is another of today’s politicians who never had a real job, going into politics straight from education. A Glaswegian who falsely trades on that great city’s blue collar heritage, while firmly remaining one of those ‘ more equal’ than the rest of the animals in the barn. He’s on message nothing more.
Stevo, good point, well made.
Stev you might be right about Enquest and bankruptcy , but until we see the operational update, the outcome for full year 2023 , and the Tories response to Labour’s latest hint at a manifesto, I’m afraid you come across as the prophet of doom. As my old Scots Granny used to say, misery loves company. Let’s wait and see.