Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

8-)

That I am told, is a good look alike of the hairy one!

Indepent having a good trading day.


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No wonder Porky Osborne has a spring in his step!


Will Cameron last until his promised referendum?

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Nice photo of Diane, Hays. Now I can understand what Cornyn saw in her. Aged a lot since then though.

Does anyone else feel that Georgie Boy, our chancellor has just kissed away £2billion in his earnestness to cozy up to the Chinese.? Even if you agree that a new power station is required (I do) and the Chinese can finance it (I do not). Surely capitalist principles require the risk should be priced in. A extra safety fall back should not be required.

no i do not, per my comment yesterday

Glencore still dropping like a stone. Happens when directors get too smart with investors.

Will.

He has just come back from the Bullingdon club!

Sorry cynic, I read your post again. I would have no problem working with them, but they aren't actually building it, they are providing the finance. With a fixed price for the resulting power why do we export such good deals. Especially now with a fall back bailout.

With the "City" based in London, a world leader in finance, why do they need the Chinese?

Good question.

Right on max. I read somewhere that London fancied itself as the best in the world at raising dosh. Obviously not when this country actually needs some.

Yes, it's not as if they would be doing it for nothing.

confess i also thought there was chinese "muscle" involved too, but as i wrote, these mega international deals are never ever as straightforward as the headline indicates

Cynic. Agree with you, building a power station is a big job. But we've done it before. I have a problem with infrasture not being financed by our ownselves. In order to get someone else to pay for it we still have to under right the risk. Some one else will get a good return.
If the "market" can't price the risk they are probably telling us something.
The theory of efficient markets and all that bollocks.
Wish someone backstopped my pricing risks.

you didn't read what i wrote :-)

perhaps i should have used simple rather than straightforward

i wouldn't trust any of the bastards :-)