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Share placing at 50p arrived after COP.

Was 105p at beg. of month.

FTSE100 FLAT

https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.baha.com/Europe-mixed-premarket-ahead-of-consumer-confidence-data/news/details/61583966?internal=1

FTSE100 🔻 0.15%

https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.baha.com/europe-down-premarket-with-data-in-limelight/news/details/61574830?internal=1

AND the UK.

https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/news/2011/centrica-signs-2bn-deal-with-qatar-to-secure-lng-for-the-uk/

AVCT selloff down 7%

looks like a placing is about to arrive.

Wincanton (LON:WIN) a further RNS released at 07.10 confirms a second potential bidder has emerged, which no doubt prompted the increased bid to 480p

Wincanton (WIN) takeover offer hiked 30p to 480p

FTSE100 🔻 0.15%.

https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.baha.com/Europe-lower-in-premarket-with-fresh-batch-of-data-looming/news/details/61566920?internal=1

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday disclosed that approximately 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict with Russia.

This marks the first time Zelensky has publicly acknowledged a specific figure regarding military casualties since the full-scale invasion commenced. Zelensky also highlighted the toll on Russian forces, claiming that 180,000 Russian soldiers have allegedly been killed.

Baha Breaking News (BBN) / NL

FACT

S Korea has delivered more artillery shells to Ukraine than the whole of Europe.

Shows how rundown Western defence stocks have been to save money. (the so called peace dividend)

While S Korea has N Korea to contend with.

Sadly sold them when they were taken over by Softbank.

BIG BIG mistake

"we created 2 monsters.lol"

Bang on the money there ...TRO ‼️

The Tory electoral strategy

Fight election on culture wars. It’s all they have left. Inflame hate, division and fear.

As Aneurin Bevan said.....

“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political power to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.”

Sadiq Khan has described remarks by the former Tory deputy chairman as "pouring fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred".

Lee Anderson told GB News "Islamists" had "got control" of the mayor of London.

His words, which follow pro-Palestinian protests outside Parliament, have been condemned by some Conservatives.

But Mr Khan criticised Rishi Sunak and his Cabinet for what he called a "deafening silence".

On Friday, Mr Anderson told GB News: "I don't actually believe that the Islamists have got control of our country, but what I do believe is they've got control of Khan and they've got control of London… He's actually given our capital city away to his mates."

The Ashfield MP's remarks prompted criticism from Labour and some Conservatives - including former chancellor Sir Sajid Javid who reposted the video of Mr Anderson making the comments and wrote "a ridiculous thing to say".

In response, Mr Khan described Mr Anderson's comments as "Islamophobic, anti-Muslim and raci_st".

"These comments pour fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred," Mr Khan said.

source beeb

sadiq khan has described remarks by the former tory deputy chairman as "pouring fuel on the fire of anti-muslim hatred".

lee anderson told gb news "islamists" had "got control" of the mayor of london.

his words, which follow pro-palestinian protests outside parliament, have been condemned by some conservatives.

but mr khan criticised rishi sunak and his cabinet for what he called a "deafening silence".

on friday, mr anderson told gb news: "i don't actually believe that the islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they've got control of khan and they've got control of london… he's actually given our capital city away to his mates."

the ashfield mp's remarks prompted criticism from labour and some conservatives - including former chancellor sir sajid javid who reposted the video of mr anderson making the comments and wrote "a ridiculous thing to say".

in response, mr khan described mr anderson's comments as "islamophobic, anti-muslim and ******".

"these comments pour fuel on the fire of anti-muslim hatred," mr khan said.

The onslaught of Liz Truss spewing out her dangerously unhinged “deep state” conspiracy theory nonsense, helped along by Bannon and Farage, is like being mentally waterboarded.

This is the Tory party now. An absolute sh*tshow of Trumpist toxicity.

Deranged Truss gives speech at far right convention, referring to deep state actors & sharing platform with Bannon & people wanting to end democracy.

Braverman escalates her extremism further.

Anderson tries to outdo her.

Fascists don’t pop up out of thin air. This is how they arise.

We always use the cheapest option even when it's crap.

The United States officially introduced new sanctions targeting hundreds of Russian individuals and entities on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the "unprovoked" war against Ukraine and in response to the death of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in the statement.

"This solemn anniversary and Aleksey Navalny’s death in Russian custody are stark and tragic reminders of Putin’s brazen disregard for human life," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in the statement. Following the unexpected passing of the 47-year-old politician, Washington decided to designate three Russian government officials over his death.

In addition, the United States sanctioned the Mir National Payment System and over a dozen Russian banks, including the SPB Bank, and investment firms, for their involvement in the financial services sector of the Russian economy. Washington also added restrictions against China-based entities that are believed to have evaded sanctions.

Baha Breaking News (BBN) / AB

Hornby (LON:HRN) - up 35% to 28.5p at 14:18 (£48m) - Hornby welcomes Fraser (FRAS) as supportive strategic shareholder, FRAS ups its stake to 8.9%. This could get interesting! FRAS owns GAME, which sells Hornby products (model railways, and other heritage brands).

Note that Phoenix owns 72% of HRN, so is in the driving seat. I imagine Phoenix are probably delighted that key retailer/brand owner Frasers is taking an interest in HRN. Maybe this opens up an opportunity for Phoenix to sell down some of its shares in future? Trouble is, after years of attempting a turnaround, HRN is still heavily loss-making and has way too much debt. So on fundamentals it looks hopeless, but it looks as if traders might be having some fun on the Frasers news, in a very illiquid share with little free float. Could it be the next Games Workshop? Probably not, but FRAS involvement could be a catalyst for something more interesting to happen, who knows?