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RR has over 16,000 of its engines in military service in over 100 countries. This must feed through as states, especially in Europe, bolster their military readiness.

Suzy, yes money is time and labour. It is also of course a form of credit-"I promise to pay the bearer etc". Barter, which is a credit system, came before money which is believed to have derived as an IOU for services rendered. That IOU could then be traded. Debt has always existed.

Greentea. I live on the Bristol Channel. There have been two proposals for tidal generation. The first a barrier which admittedly presented a lot of hurdles, the second was an smaller tidal lagoon. Neither developed beyond the concept stage. With 9-14m of tide in the channel it can't be beyond our technical skills to achieve a workable solution.

Gambier. I haven't always agreed with your posts but in this case I do. Europe is now hurriedly reviewing its energy strategies. Some countries are 100% reliant on Russia for gas and even Germany is 70% reliant. The UK abandoned its nuclear generating technical advantage in the 1960's and now has to rely on France and China for new power stations. We also have a limitless and entirely predictable energy source, tidal, but have failed to develop it due, in a large part, to environmental objections. Outsourcing 'dirty' industries does nothing to help the environment, it's just greenwashing. I genuinely hope that whatever the outcome of Putin's criminal invasion of Ukraine, it along with Belarus remain pariahs in the future. Russia, aka Putin, went unpunished for its actions in Chechnya, Syria and Crimea, so the current sanctions on its leadership and institutions is long overdue.

If Kurt anticipates a positive decision re Kallak then surely he would wait 'til that's reflected in the sp before a placing/subscription. BEM is odd in that it doesn't have large 'institutional' shareholders, especially now that 75% of the shares are in Swedish hands-mostly PIs.

TSP. A touch of herd mentality in play. Putin's invasion not going entirely as he wanted it to, now reported to be telling Ukraine army to overthrow their leaders. Perhaps he's becoming Vlad the Inveigle!

I bet Sweden and Finland wish they had joined NATO years ago. Sweden has been considering it for decades but hasn't ever made the final decision-now there's a surprise.

Irrationality seems to be the order of the day. Rolls Royce down 18%-can't blame the Swedes for that!

Putin's actions will undoubtably cause governments to review their energy strategies, Germany is already doing so. RR investment in small nuclear reactors looks looks prescient.

Germany has already announced a review of it's energy strategy. Keep up.

Jonny. At the risk of repeating myself I agree entirely. Tsar Putin is making a terrible mistake. Despite its landmass size Russia's economy is just half of the Uk's and about the same as Texas. It relies heavily on primary resources and Europe in particular will look to other energy and primary sources. It will hurt in the short-term but Russia will have a bleak future.

Into double figures %age rise in Sweden. Hope it holds.

The actions of Joseph Putin ( and other autocratic leaders) shows the importance of controlling, as much as possible, primary resource and production within your own borders. Hopefully this strengthens the case for Kallak not weakens it.

Gatwick announces it's opening the south terminal as flights ramp up. Hopefully good for us.

I'm with ii and completed the form online-might depend on which broker you are with.

Baylan used 'due process' to delay I believe Thor is doing so to ensure his yes decision is bomb proof.

Yep. If you look at the trading patterns in Sweden over the past month there have always been dips on a Friday. If none or minimal today then hopefully that reflects positive sentiment into next week.

Never understood the need for an algorithm to tell if a trade is a buy or sell. When I trade I have to hit a buy or sell button, unknown or please don't tell anyone button is not an option. Perhaps the system was invented by a politician.

And that too Suzy. A few of us have been consistently optimistic about getting the concession so to jump ship now when we seem to be closer than ever would be obtuse. Personally I don't think a yes is factored into the current share price so I would anticipate a healthy rise if a positive decision is made. Staying in could be labelled as greed but for me its more the frustration of missing the rise on a positive result after all this time, albeit that I have thought about de-risking on a few occasions recently., but have resisted. As always GLA.

Sweden might need all the steel it can produce to build tanks to resist that nice Mr Putin.