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In simple terms:

• Iran had uranium very close to weapons-grade (60%).

• It had enough material for several bombs if enriched further.

• But inspectors had not confirmed that Iran actually produced weapons-grade uranium or built a bomb.

All bombing of civilians is abhorrent as is using them as human shields and many of the things humans do to others. But for me the constant threat to wipe Israel from the face of the earth, very easy with a nuclear bomb means that a fundamentalist theocracy that preaches that and arms others to fight them needs to be controlled. I know that's against some peoples sensibilities, but that's my opinion which is as valid as anyones.

On Monday everything (almost) the was RED turned blue yesterday, today everything that was red yesterday. There seems to be a pattern, though why RR is out of step with Bae, QQ, BaB ... answers on a postcard

Day

Typical behaviour

Monday

Often weaker / choppy

Reaction to global macro news from the weekend

Tuesday

Frequently strong

Institutional repositioning after Monday sentiment settles

Wednesday

Trend continuation

Momentum traders join the move

Thursday

Mixed / consolidation

Profit-taking begins

Friday

Volatile; sometimes sell-offs

Traders closing positions before the weekend

Then you have Trumponomics

Dixon - Psychological barrier, bit like our £13 today I guess.

Sticking to short sentences or it comes out garbled

Event sold fruit, events.

This year we're looking just like we did around trumponomics, except this ones probably even more serious. Day traders dream if you can get the inside track on trumps antics, personally I'm just sitting on my hands and thinking were as I type up 141 points since the 1st Jan, should've / could've been more but it's up not down which a lot of us feel with all the mess in the world, book a holiday and wait, the fundamentals are all in place

@TimSmith12

Recolonised, careful you'll give people the vapours! We've an administration hell bent on removing all vestiges of our colonial past

@Fordm - Who are the BBC you mention? Are they the people that used to produce quality programming and political debate, if so they've not existed for a generation or maybe two

Afghanistan -

Russian - brutality - Didn't win

Western - Win hearts and minds - didn't win

lesson - Stay out of Afghan politics and country, they'll adopt whatever values their education allows. Though I have nothing but tears for the treatment of their women.

Middle East - Best stayed of in terms of politics - When oil is no longer the 'fuel' it is today, just the oil (foodstock)of consumerism then we'll see what becomes of the Middle East beyond hot weather and holidays which is where many 'enlightened' Arab states are headed

Indeed you are absolutely right, he’s rattled the cage of fundamentalism that’s routed in the rights and wrongs of several millennia ago, from when knights were bold and beyond and who aren’t man enough to allow women a voice.

2030ish - a bit of a challenge - lots of investment required over 4 years and I'm not convinced the UK's current administration will be sympathetic to any form of subsidies for this as well as SMR. The latter might gain some extra traction after the last 10 days or so

So far we've had a repeat of last years trumonomics, rise, massive drop, rise around the same time of year. Depending on the mid terms this might well be his last opportunity to be the stock market manipulator in quite the same way, I did say MIGHT.

RR Cars - causes confusion but far from 'core' for our RR - distraction and probably right that it's spun out. The important strategic 'mistake' was coming out of the short haul market, though I'm sure the reasoning at the time was sound.

"Rolls-Royce left short-haul engines because it bet on high-margin long-haul engines instead of high-volume narrow-body ones and split from its consortium partner over technology. The industry then shifted toward narrow-body aircraft more strongly than expected."

It will bounce back, at present I imagine people are pricing in a significant reduction in flying hours, though I think that's open to debate, certainly the Middle East is pretty much off limits, but not the ROW, for those that can afford the tickets. Airlines I understand forward purchase their fuel so hopefully this will settle in a week or three and the impact won't be long lasting, I hope so as we're in the process of a trip to Oz in Nov. I can't see china putting up with their oil supplies being chocked off for long. Yes, this hurts in terms of headline numbers for us all. The Arab nations aren't going to put up with this for long either, they've on the whole been less than supportive of Iran for a long time.

Let’s just say, it’s not got off to a good start on Monday morning!

A bit of a sad indictment of our society that whilst we don't have capital punishment (Arguably justified in huntley's case) we seem unable to keep the reprobates safe in our jails which we should be.

I thought I'd ask the opinions of fellow respected RR investors if anyones using one or has experience of said platforms? Not get rich quick by any means (those promises are for the fairies) but genuinely interested in peoples thoughts and thoughts away from the mayhem of the Middle East. Though the price turbulence is a day traders dream (or nightmare). Cheers

As someone who grew up in the 60's and 70's (67 now) I remember how poor the country was, how big our armed forces were. The roads were constantly being rebuilt, not just sprayed and plugged (though windscreen companies parked by the road works), we had NHS dentist and doctors. Yes a lot of it was pretty S*** but it seems without rose tinted specs we were on the whole better off. We had industry, though forever on strike, jobs could be found, I had 6-8 offers of good jobs on leaving school. There weren't the endless benefits, though my father, a child of the 30's, refused to be means tested even though as a postman with 4 kids he'd probably have got help. Council house kids could get to a grammar school without being coached or moving to the right area and escape the poverty trap through hard work.

We waste so much in this country, the young want everything there parents have worked for, but want it now not later. We need a government that understands that lifting people out of poverty isn't their job, it's the job of the individual. The governments job is to Crete the conditions for industry to thrive and create jobs, well paid jobs so that people don't need state help, unless they're genuinely sick (no legs etc)

Sermon over

Bav1975 - Everything we see this government doing is putting off spending until 2029, when even the most deluded member of the Labour Party must realise will be the end of labours tenure in no10 for at least a decade. In the mean time they're spending on net zero - cutting back on anything and everything that means the country can stand on it's own two feet, imho so that we can be bailed out by the EU, except they've no money either. I'm not sure that even if in may they lost every seat up for grabs they'd still not understand that the country doesn't want them or support their policies.

Hobie - It's the pensions of the public sector that's killing us, not your average say low level service sector worker who wants and deserves their state OAP, not everyone earns enough to pay into a money purchase scheme, not that they are that great. Public sector workers in effect get 2 state pensions though like most with a private pension get taxed, some get to claim them from a very young age and the public sector 'employer' contributions are often huge, my mrs got 18% employer contributions, I know of people getting 28% - try getting either as a total contribution in the private sector.

Thanks Napalm

This will get exciting when we hear Airbus or Boeing are developing a new short haul aircraft I would guess and the demonstrator is run. I suppose my question is, if this is built around largely existing elements as the link alludes too, like the Pearl core, will the certification process speed up?

TS12 - Created out of the corruption and misrule of the western Shah led government.

"The country voted in the leftists and the The Republic of Iran — formally the Islamic Republic of Iran — came about primarily through the 1979 Iranian Revolution, when mass protests and political opposition toppled the Western-backed monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.  Widespread discontent with the Shah’s authoritarian rule, economic inequality, and close ties to the United States fueled demonstrations and strikes that paralyzed the country.  Exiled cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini emerged as the revolution’s leader, returning to Iran in 1979 to guide the movement that dismantled the monarchy.  After the Shah fled, an interim government was formed and a national referendum overwhelmingly approved replacing the monarchy with an Islamic republic later that year.  The new theocratic constitution, adopted in late 1979, established the political framework of the Republic, combining religious authority with elements of electoral politics under the rule of a Supreme Leader"

In 5 sentences from ChatGPT. they voted for their own demise essentially a very simplistic answer to a highly complex subject.