The Dude

@benhoobs Yup who hates a hot day in the UK oh you!!!

Great day to remind people that Reform don't believe in climate change and are already scrapping climate targets in councils they control.

@JohnWight1 Ah lets blame something from 50 years ago, i blame Lord North for losing the 13 colonies Sigh!!!

The economic illiteracy that underpinned and underpins Thatcherism has done so much damage over the years. It has also produced countless half wits. 👇👇👇

@flounders912 @afneil The folly of lockdowns and paying people to literally do nothing

@afneil Debt's ran up through Tory grift.

The UK borrowed another £24.3 billion in April, above the £20.9 billion forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility.  The ONS said the debt interest bill rose to £10.3 billion last month – the highest on record for April, which marks the start of the new financial year. The government is paying more than £100 billion a year to service its debts. Yet a cacophony of Labour and Green pols think we should borrow even more.

@MMTLabour @MickCalautti If you actually read youd see there all different - that you chose to ignore the difference means you would fail GCSE economics

@Redpanda73 @MickCalautti Again you fail to understand the difference between categories and the thing being categorised. M0 is a measure of Sterling M1 is a measure of Sterling M2 is a measure of Sterling All Sterling is a UK state liability.

Here's the thing. When you pay tax to the UK govt, your tax liability is extinguished and at the same time, the govt's own corresponding liability (in the form of its currency) is also extinguished. Therefore taxes can not (and do not) fund govt spending).

#SOU SOUND ENERGY -5%; Finals carried a generally negative tone, although operational delays now appear to be under control.

#SRVL SERVAL HOLDINGS Unch; Finals largely irrelevant as company has since changed strategy, changed name and raised funds to further interests in the Kalahari Copper Project.

#RUA RUA LIFE SCIENCES +5%; Revenue £2.8M, costs down 8% to £2.3M. EBITDA breakeven. Cash £2.4M.

#MTL METALS EXPLORATION +3% Sales revenue & op profits increased 9.1% & 15.1% respectively despite gold production declining 22.2%. Fave gold prices offset lower-than-expected production levels. All debt repaid. Projects ahead of schedule & within budget Outlook remains promising

#KRM KRM22 +10%; Executive Director Keith Todd purchased 4,115,705 shares at 30.06p for total consideration of c.£1.24M.

#HERC HERCULES SITE SERVICES +3%; Restoration of trading. Final results and H1 trading update. Strong FY25 performance. Long-term market backdrop remains positive, although some delays have been seen across key H1 projects.

#HEAD HEADLAM GROUP Unch; Property disposal completion. Net proceeds of c.£15.3M will be used to strengthen the balance sheet.

#GEM GEMFIELDS GROUP Unch; Auction revenues of $26.8M. Average realised price of $146.06 per carat.

#ENQ ENQUEST +5%; Strong operational performance. Reiterates 2026 production guidance of 41,000-45,000 barrels. Higher oil prices boosting cash generation. Proposes enlarged $20M dividend.

#EST EAST STAR RESOURCES +5%; Rock chips indicate fertile epithermal gold target at Snowy.

#CREO CREO MEDICAL GROUP +25%; Proposed placing raising £5.5M at 15p, a premium of 30%. Also entered into a non-binding agreement with a company owned by the CEO regarding the sale and purchase of Creo's 49% stake in Creo Medical Europe.

#CTAI CATENAI +5%; Klarian will repay Catenai £699K under the CLN agreement by 1 July. Klarian has also entered into a collaborative pilot project with an existing MOU partner that provides technology solutions to companies.

#ATOM ATOME +5%; Sungrow Hydrogen to provide electrolysis technology for the Villeta project.

#ARK ARKLE RESOURCES +10%; Two distinctive mineralisations defined at the Erongo project. Drilling at the site will commence in June.

#ALTN ALTYNGOLD +2%; Q1 2026 update - notes strength in gold price over the period driving a 122% YoY revenue increase to $56.3M. Company is advancing plans to expand mining activities and remains confident in the outlook for the remainder of the year.

#SCT SOFTCAT +3%; Trading update - now expects mid-teens profit growth for the full year, up from high single-digit growth.