Russia using a missile with cluster munitions in the heart of Odesa. Five people were killed, many more maimed. A war crime as clear as it gets.

Who really owns the Jewish Chronicle? Why the total secrecy? And how can Robbie Gibb reconcile being a BBC director with being nominal “owner” of the The Jewish Chronicle, which thinks the BBC hates Israel? My column prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65…

Borges used to explain that English was a marriage of tough Anglo-Saxon and courtly French, which explains why there were two parallel English words for just about everything. An Eng-French dictionary is just about double the size of a French-Eng one. Lovely to hear his voice.

#EST Zak Mir interviews Alex Walker CEO. youtube.com/watch?v=Buy-ED…

We published a maiden JORC resource for Verkhuba #Copper Deposit in 🇰🇿

⚫️20.3Mt @ 1.16% Cu, 1.54% Zn, 0.27% Pb

⚫️236,000t contained copper

⚫️Size in top 33% globally for deposit style

⚫️Open pit development – infrastructure-rich region

⚫️Process for potential deal underway

Mre at Verkhuba, farminees in the data room.
#EST on only £8m Mcap

lse.co.uk/rns/EST/maiden…

Your periodic reminder that England, a windswept nation with more potential for onshore wind power than almost anywhere else in the world (other than Scotland), banned new onshore wind farms in 2017.

Finally got round to reading the East Star Resources #EST Annual Report. #copper #gold $GOLD

Here are my thoughts, and why I'm so bullish:

1. Verkuba VMS deposit holes confirmed historical drilling. This is going to a JORC release estimated between 19-23MTs.

The JORC (due

Ain't it the truth.

We are a few geo-political inches from a Third World War. When will we take the warnings seriously?

The storm is gathering, and Europe is still dithering on defending itself | ✍️ @Matthew Syed ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/europe…

My column on Thames Water

This is a test of UK capitalism. Owners knowingly took risks and mustn’t be bailed out. Sticking to these rules will enhance the UK’s reputation.

Bills will have to rise to pay for future investment.

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The leader UK should have had in the last, lost, decade.

I’d rather be sober than go to this and that’s saying something.

Introducing Lavender, the new Unit 8200 tool that has allowed the IDF to dramatically accelerate its pipeline of targets in Gaza with almost no human oversight and shocking permissiveness on civilian deaths. With Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

I hope you do and I hope you win

Stark but fair description of where we are. Honestly do not understand what western “leaders” are doing. thetimes.co.uk/article/its-ti…

#THX Thor Explorations (LSE:THX) - Surging Cash Flow, Debt Paydown and Explor... youtu.be/J6IHr1AxehQ?si… via YouTube

It’s wonderful when we find it. But the right hand side of the Laffer curve is damned elusive

Searching in vain for the Laffer curve boost ft.com/content/7c0237…

This was a payday loan of a budget designed to get a hand-to-mouth government from here to the election:

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