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We are staring down the barrel of a fuel crunch in a matter of weeks. They are asleep at the wheel, rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking ship. As Jim Cramer put it in 2007 "They know nothing!". #EndEPLnow

Ed in 2011 went inti a full-scale system malfunction.

The interview with the BBC's Damon Green on June 30, 2011, is a masterclass in unintentional comedy.

​Here is that moment, stripped of the "influencer" fluff and restored to its repetitive glory:

​The "Broken Record" Leadership Strategy

​On a summer day in 2011, I sat down with the BBC to discuss the public sector strikes. They asked me five different questions. I gave them one answer. Why? Because when you have a table, you use it.

​The Transcript:

​0:02: "I think these strikes are wrong at a time when negotiations are still going on."

​0:15: "What we need is for both sides to put aside the rhetoric and get around the table."

​0:34: "I think these strikes are wrong while negotiations are still going on... both sides should get around the table."

​0:52: "As I’ve said, I think these strikes are wrong while negotiations are still going on."

​1:10: "The government has acted in a reckless and provocative manner... they should get around the table."

​The Lesson:

If the government is being reckless, you don't pivot. You don't improvise. You certainly don't answer the actual question being asked. You simply find a table and metaphorically sit at it until the reporter gives up on their career.

​Do you remember watching this live? It was one of those rare moments where the "political mask" didn't just slip—it froze.

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I can see something on the same lines summer 2026.

Https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/14/1135848/nasa-nuclear-powered-spacecraft/

"He said the US would soon undertake far more regular moon missions and establish the foundations for a base at the lunar south pole before the end of the decade. He also affirmed the space agency’s commitment to putting a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface.

These goals were largely expected—but there was still one surprise. Isaacman also said NASA would build the first-ever nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft and fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. It’s called the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, or SR-1 for short. “After decades of study, and billions spent on concepts that have never left Earth, America will finally get underway on nuclear power in space,” he said at the event. “We will launch the first-of-its-kind interplanetary mission."

Https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15741903/Police-London-park-drones-radioactive-materials-Israeli-Embassy.html

Police have closed a London park after an Islamist 'terror cell' claimed drones carrying 'radioactive and cancer-causing materials' had been launched towards the Israeli embassy.

.... then Rolls Royce gets £599m from the NWF to get kick off with the SMR nuclear reactors. The timing is almost reactive. Will Kromek become a key supply chain partner to this new industry?

The paper and physical price of oil. I feel like we will just walk into disaster this summer. It will be just like what happened at Milan with passengers just abandoned. No one to talk to, the airplane just goes on. People suffer. This appears to be the way of the world now. People just shrug and go, oh well, better luck next time.

I feel like this is the same weird period when I was reading about the first reports of covid on twitter, the videos of people being carted off in vans. I saw the pattern of lock downs in China which inevitably the whole world adopted as well. The the infections spread, the so called superspreader brought the disease in from Italy whilst on a skiing trip. It was in all the news. Then we locked down and the world changed forever, and of course the rest if history. I feel like we are in the early stages of something very big and historic again. I am not sure how to prepare for it, but we will all do it in our own unique way.

They best to try and hold, longer than an average length of a trending Tik Tok reel!. It's unlikely this will end quickly. They want the oil price up? 1. help the oil majors that lobby Washington. 2. Help his buddy Tesla..he's gone a little quiet since the you know what gesture on stage. . Note EV sales are starting to pick up which indicate people do believe higher oil prices and real shortages are probable.

I asked AI to write for me. The good old days of NCYT, it had its 15 minutes...... what will be next?

"Here is a short, slightly nostalgic piece for the LSE boards that captures that 2020 lightning-in-a-bottle moment.

### The 7 AM Ritual: A Requiem for the COVID Trade

There was a time when the world felt very small, and our screens felt very large. Before the "Framework" talk and the years of legal paperwork, there was the 7:00 AM coffee and the **Euronext Paris** refresh button.

Remember that? Watching the French listing like a hawk because it gave us that one-hour head start on the London open. When NCYT was sitting at 40p and the headlines were shifting from "isolated outbreak" to "global lockdown," the LSE board wasn't a place for arguments—it was a departure lounge.

We weren't just trading a ticker; we were trading the daily news cycle. Every RNS felt like a thunderbolt. We saw the rise from pennies to the dizzying heights of £12, fueled by the belief that the diagnostic landscape had changed forever. It was a 15-minute window of fame that lasted two years, defined by:

* **The Paris Gap:** The frantic math trying to convert Euro cents to Pence before 8:00 AM.

* **The "Primerdesign" Pride:** Watching a small UK lab become a household name.

* **The FOMO:** When every pullback felt like the last chance to get on the rocket.

But markets, like viruses, eventually reach an endemic stage. The "hot money" has long since migrated to the next frontier, leaving behind the quiet reality of a small-cap MedTech company navigating a post-pandemic world.

For those of us who were there at 40p, it wasn't just about the profit; it was about being part of the most intense trading era of a generation. The boards might still dream of those double digits, but the real ones know: you can’t manufacture that kind of lightning twice.

**Cheers to the 7 AM club. We’ll always have Paris.**w"

Used to own some W7L back in the day. If they can get traction on tik tok shop / live selling, which is the next boom, they are onto a new boom cycle. ....The stock market has changed so much. Like no invests in shares its seems. The boards are so quiet, like there is no new blood, just older, battle hardened investors/traders. I suspect they are all on discord/telegram groups pinning hopes on crypto.

Where has everyone gone. The market is asleep. If this was the year 2000 these stock boards would be buzzing with 50, 100 posts a day.

The market hasnt woken up yet to real shortages coming in the summer. If this was back in the 2000s... these boards would be buzzing. 50, 100 posts a day.

Ah thank you for biting 🫦

No, I had a look at where Kromek is based and it has the same UK location as Filtronic in the Net science park. Kromek makes CZT sensors that can be used in Space because they are super light, hardy and small. With Space X and Amazon starting to scale into thwir low orbit networks, and Artemiss pace programs to the moon, back on agenda, it seems the logical path for Kromek to move into. Nothing concrete, but just seems obvious here. Kromek is only one of 4 or 5 commerical producers of CZT crystals globally. I can post the AI break down of this if anyone wants me to.

ENQ is one of the strongest performers on a comparison chart since the war started, that includes XOM as a benchmark. BUT DYOR.

I have something to say on this stock but not sure if anyone wants to hear it 🤔

Agreed. This is the same conclusion I came to. This doesnt change the story, just frames it better. Iran wants oil high, Trump wants oil low. It will likely be higher than it was before. Iran gets to charge tolls, its money for oil rope. That suits them fine.

This assumes orderly markets. Be open to a fat tail outcomes. I always am.

I've come out of long hibernation..... since 2020...I forgot to add Novocyt went from 40p to £5 then to £12. I am usually early to these things. I have the same gut feeling with ENQ and this energy crisis. Good luck, DYOR. No guarantees in this life.

In a few hours time, we're going to know if this summer is going to be a re-run of 2020. The IEA have already a plan on how this going to work to manage fuel consumption, the 95% drop in tanker traffic through the Strait. These shares will be like the lockdown shares, like covid testing shares, Novacyt and others, Chlorox, Zoom, Peleton etc. But of course Do your own research.

So let me get this Strait (sorry, dad joke).

Trump leaves basically Iran to own the Strait now, by charging very lucrative tolls to let tankers pass safely. He tells the rest of the world to come on down and "own it". Otherwise everyone else gets a bit of good solid inflation, which benefits the billionaires. The industrial military complex gets a bit more work for a few more years. What a wild time to be alive.