The good news is that the short increase in the last 3 months had no negative impact on the SP. The share price has only increased in that time. Safe to say the initially short attack was based on fabricated fear mongering and blindly followed by the others. It's now just a waiting game until they accept the loss and move on.
Traditionally DEC would spike the week before Ex-div date. This time we managed break-even in the week. We could see an exaggerated drop in the morning. Back in the £10 zone with very little support from either markets.
I think Rusty is in this for the right reasons. He cares about his workforce, environment & local communities. He also wants to make a sustainable income for anyone involved in DEC. What he is not great at is investor relations and politics. If they employed an expert to handle those topics the SP would be in a better place. But for cash generation in a responsible way, they are pretty solid on that front.