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I know we keep saying the post mortem can wait till we are rid of this pandemic . I'm sorry but the highest level of deaths in the uk is entirely on Boris's failure to lead, and now all the failures of Brexit deal are crawling from the woodwork. The fisherman betrayed, the arts betrayed. All Boris ahahahhahhhhhhhha . why can't we find a half decent leader?

M I dont deny they got a head start in vaccination program. But honestly when you look back at to the beginning of this pandemic when Europe were much quicker to lock down when Boris thought shaking hands and chatting with cover patients was a great pr opportunity! he's simply another populist lead who waits until he is forced to act. Never takes the initiative or formulates a plan. Schools and universities an absolute fiasco. Its not like they have been short of time to plan . An absolute Etonian moronic waste of space

8 would be fantastic T. Root passes 150 as England head for 300 for 3!

Morning all. Covid continues to weigh. Dreadful news from Brazil who possibly have a more incompetent leader than us. On a cheerier note Root scores 100 and we seem to have Sri Lanka well and truly under the cosh.
T I think the positives in MCRO just keep mounting. Weird they didn't feel AWS endorsement (providing payment for 14% of amazon's total transaction) warranted an RNS or even a mention in their update. I also didn't realise their involvement in cyber security and a market set to double in the next 3 years. The debt is a concern and possibly a block on a takeover. However have just seen the ROCE value is now 75%. One of the highest I've seen on any company. Be interesting to see what happens on next update. I get a feeling they may be a little modest with themselves. Any sign of a return to growth and I don't think we'll see even £5 for dust never mind 4.

T. lot of really good posts on MCRO recently compared to recent months.Still glad I sank my kmk money in here yesterday even though it went up 20% today thanks to IC article. Amazing the power of magazine tips. Completely ignoring the likely cash call, which is even more likely now the sp has spiked. S good surge on Saga. I was waiting for a drop to £2.20, but looks unlikely now. Still a bargain under £3.00 about Dehaan's average buy. TTG seems to be in locked range, will probably sell when we hit £2.20 again. Virolens news is well overdue.

good point T. We've got the possibility of a sail in the Ionians in July. Trouble is it starts getting really hot then and no shade on a boat which is more than a little uncomfortable . No idea what price flights will be but as you say there will be a rush for sure.

well T, theres an interesting trade, especially with all this pent up demand for somewhere in the sun on the news today. Wretched bots seem to have struck again on MCRO. At least one more buying op on the cards before results

If anyone as bored as I am today I highly recommend Harry Enfield's version of On the Buses and the Yorkshireman and the Irish Racehorse trainer sketches, not to mention the surgeons and 'Quer' sketches. Hope you don't find it offensive but really the humour is very much aimed at the other foot I think

Morning all. Yes a twice impeached president, quite an achievement. Worrying about Republicans in denial and a large part of America who still want him there. Its very clever how populism works. We make heroes out of totally talentless SFB morons. Still at least there is now a concerted effort to make him face reality. He has been bankrupted at least twice. It s not such a big deal in the States. Was bailed out by his father and then a group of friends/associates. A bit like the French and Germans bailing out the Greek banks, because basically they had sunk so much money in they owned them anyway. In the same way as corporate America 'own' the president but possibly trying to distance themselves now.
Yes T good to see MCRO has at least stopped falling for now.Is this the second or third bounce off £3.95? Fed up with Stockopedia now. Loads of interesting results out from small companies they ignore. All they write about is BOOBoo which funnily enough despite their predictions about rocketing has fallen on results. Could be an op but why bother when we have companies like MCRO lol!

O good T. Was just going to ask how peeps was feeling about MCRO. Have topped up too, having managed to offload my entire holding in KMK in 2 goes at a decent profit. The market seemed to like the widening loss, diminishing cash balance, no guidance and possible need for yet another fund raise at first. As someone pointed out its the usual thousands of BOT trades probably being orchastred by Gladstone Capital to work their short on MCRO. Absolutely sickening except hope they do get chastrated. Although it does present another buying op. I tend to go for Saga top ups rather than CCL. Talk of river cruises bursting to go. Possible that lock down is beginning to give us a glimmer go better control. Onward and sideways with the portfolio!

Morning all. M thanks for the Raewyn profile. Just wondering if your dad was the only one lusting after her. Carving a leg or even a shoulder can be challenge, trying to avoid the bone and fingers! WS got back to me and have assured the corking is and isolated bottle. Have credited me and assured me they will do likewise if there are any others. Good we to get me to hasten a big tasting session, but was going for a dry January which last all of 2 days.

Sorry M. Raewyn Blade, great name. Obviously doesn't play rugby or cricket. Well everything tanking in my portfolio today, even with great new contracts signed, except TTG up 1p. Brilliant

C. Ey Obidiah . We used to get up int morning half and hour before we went to bed and lick road clean wit tunge. To be fair we are still getting through food we bought for Christmas festivities which had to be cancelled. We sawed the leg of lamb in half to freeze and so far it has done us 4 meals with a fith being lamb pie tonight! Reminds me, run out of mint sauce. The butcher gave us half a turkey and a load of sausages for helping out with deliveries and we haven't even started on christmas pudding yet. Soon be easter! Don't mind admitting its been tough. We bough a huge ****erel for Christmas dinner. Cost £30, but again it did about 4 or five meals. All free range local produce and I 'll wager it cost us a lot less than supermarket shopping and far better quality. Real thick slices of bacon none of that thin watery danish stuff. Local caught fish. We just don't need the EU . Its crazy we import lamb from New Zealand and sell our lamb and beef to France . Glad thats stopping . Utter madness

Well we've just had a local reared leg of lamb. Absolutely amazing. Unfortunately the second bottle of that wonderful Corbiere was blooming corked. So hold off ordering any till I get a response. Might explain vastly contrasting reviews on their website. Although of the bad reviews nobody specifically mentions the wine being corked, but one comment I think is what they might have been alluding too.

S. It was Johnson commenting on Michael Holding facing Peter Willey. So he actually did say the batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey without batting an eyelid, and the bowlers got two short legs, one of them's square. Just completely innocent observations. Aggers looks well set to follow with the most famous comment of all time on Botham treading on his wicket. 'he just didn't quite get his leg over' as he rather clumsily tried to step over the stumps. Both he and Johnson who gallantly tried to continue reading the score sheet with Aggers collapsed in the corner of the commentary box, giggling hysterically feared they would be sacked. That one incident apparently caused people on motorways to pull over onto the hard shoulders unable to drive in a straight line. I don't know if it actually caused any accidents. There was a lovely tribute to Johnson of that particular 'sketch' with the radio commentary over a film of an empty cricket ground on you tube shortly after he died. Still brings a tear to the eye.
My portfolio is quite small on numbers. One day half of them seem to be down slightly and the other half up and the next day visa versa, so over all value has remained pretty stable so far. Would be well chuffed if that situation is maintained over the next couple of months, but I feel the recent jubilation of finances and oil particularly, where demand is still falling even though the price has risen, are a little premature to say the least. Still looking for growth, so scouting for emerging markets, biotech and life sciences for the coming year, possibly through overseas funds. The uk market is still considered cheap, but quite honestly its been like that for years. A lot of the FTSE looks like a fully matured service market. My only regret is not buying into Boo. Think there will is still time. Could be the next ASC in 2 to 3 years. Certainly a possible 10 bagger over 5 years. I just think their product is such dross, but then I thought that about ASOS when they were under 3 quid. One possible hiccup apart from the ethics of cheap labour, is whether there be a huge backlash against the fashion industry, the second largest polluter after agriculture

Rhone wines to the west. So easy to get lost in France. East of Languedoc.

Yes M the very one. As far as I know its only available from Wine Society. One time joining fee of £40, and you get 20 off first purchase. The oldest and best online wine merchants. . My dad was a member when the first started back in 1960s or possibly 50s (obviously not online then, just intravenous drip).Gawd I feel quite responsible now recommending wine! Languedoc is the new region of wine in France. It has been for at least 20 years now. Corbiere, Fitou, Cote de Rousillon, St. Chinian, Cotiere de Nimes, all really good value southern french wines, neighbouring and challenging the Rhones wines to the west. 80 miles north of Laguedoc is another interesting little region Cahors, where a mate of mine now lives. I still think France have some of the best and most distinctive variety of wine. Everywhere seems to have come on in leaps and bounds and no small part thanks to Australian wine makers improving science behind it.

Hi M. No its a 2016 Corbiere from the wine society. £83 a case. Its so bloody good I ordered another after the first glass! The trouble is they run out of stuff so you have to be quick when you find a winner. Actually they are all good. Only ever had one cheap Spanish I didn't like. Opening a bottle of wine to me is like listening to a new piece of music, whether its something familiar or completely new. Just magical

Great, my wine delivery arrived but will take about three days to thaw out never mind reach room temperature. Brave move on Tui S. I see it reached a low of £3.67 today. Looks very tempting 25 for 29 at 96p. I guess the shorters will have a good go at this. They don't want to leave it as long as RR. Plenty of government support too which is reassuring.

I actually bother to fill in a survey for the Beeb today, that how exiting share watching has been. It asked for scores against other companies such as Netflix and channel 4. When I thought about all the likes and dislikes and the extraordinary diversity it really made me appreciate how much I get from TMS. However irritating some of the team are/were (Boycott) you can't help love them all, their passion and knowledge/statistics . The guests, the players, the interviews and of course the incredible Arlott and Brian 'o do stop it Aggers' Johnson. If we ever get invaded by aliens I will personally make them sit down and watch a complete test match with radio commentary and they will probably never trouble us again!