we're snail posting, post your snails: (aka, the 'please, my rabbit is very sick meme')

UK reporting shows a new CEO at Diageo (ex Tesco & Unilever), beats from #APN.L Applied Nutrition and #MPE.L M.P. Evans and possible resolution of US government shutdown, so delayed US macro data may start appearing by end of week/next week:

for anyone who hasn't seen this, it's genuinely excellent:

new BBC Director General picks shortlist:

🎬 review: Predator Badlands - solid 4 🌟 (out of 5) entertaining & inventive by same director as 'Prey', takes the Predator universe somewhere new. could have veered off track (but didn't), and with one excellent running gag, which pays off nicely in the third act. enjoy: youtu.be/cDL3Zjdz514?...

flat roof murder pubs only do this when they're very distressed:

this is horrifyingly fascinating, it would have obliterated the character of much of London if it had ever come to pass. more great work from London Centric:

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it:

this is objectively hilarious if you were as they say, 'there at the time':

'Where's your fucking poppy ?'

*NOMURA ABANDONS EFFORT TO RESTART PROP TRADING DESK IN LONDON am old enough to remember the last several times they've done this

I do hope Pelosi is going to sue:

STARSHIP TROOPERS was released 28 years ago today. Among the most popular films of director Paul Verhoeven, and a classic sci fi/action satire, the making of story is as outrageous as the film. Would you like to know more…? 1/69

Explain a film plot badly: Not even Denzel Washington can rescue a sequel swords and sandals 'epic'. I've seen better CGI sharks on the SyFy channel.

without wishing to distract from this being just another fash piece of rubbish, I can't help but think if you applied it to investment, it's the equivalent of just using technical analysis with no reference to actual fundamentals. of course it's bollox as a result:

absolute shocker in Rightmove, -25% on guidance for flat revenue growth in 2026. the lesson here is don't be a highly rated 'quality growth' stock and then disappoint the market.

mercifully light UK news day to finish the week, main story will be rumours re possible ITV break-up:

the shift to the right in Bloomberg news continues:

for all of you who couldn't help yourselves posting re Celebrity Traitors, there is a difference between this and Eurovision. I have noted who lacks impulse control, you will be dealt with accordingly.

#ITV.L ITV break-up finally on the cards ?

caption competition: 'could have been worse. could have been me'

is there a correlation between Evri being consistently the worst of the courier companies (everyone has a terrible Evri delivery story); and it using 4 different fonts in its logo for a 4 letter word ?

just checking in on Gilts and GBP post the BoE meeting...hang on, *both* are up. I was assured by an ex-Bridgewater macro analyst that the UK was going to let the currency go to save its bond market* *yes, I know I keep ragging on these people, but fuck me once they step outside the US, they are:

Bank of England holds with a very close 5-4 vote for a cut:

lots of UK reporting: positives #SN.L Smith+Nephew, #NG.L National Grid, #DGE.L Diageo, #HSX.L Hiscox, #SBRY.L J Sainsbury, #HTWS.L Helios Towers

hahahahaha - <breathes> - hahahahaha is this think tank sponsored by Bridgewater by any chance ?

this is the new 'Chaos with Ed Miliband'

cc: @mordantmuppetry.bsky.social

found the way to revive Pixar's fortunes, lads:

October Services and Composite PMIs for Eurozone and UK all a little better than forecast, with only France still languishing below the 50 reading signalling expansion:

"People of BlueSky! Let's get to know each other better! What is your all-time favourite TV show?" people who think The Sopranos is better than The Wire have of course always been wrong.

What's it like inside your head ?

On this day 1605: Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament.

UK reporting sees beats for #TRN.L Trainline, #MKS.L M&S, solid from #MTRO.L Metro Bank, #MNG.L M&G and the ever entertaining Tim Martin at #JDW.L JD Wetherspoon tackling nuclear energy policy as a new rant (performance solid, but cautious outlook):

'we're all trying to find the guy who did this'

'I could smell the onions and the mustard'

'I could smell the onions and the mustard'

when GBP drops a couple of % vs the $ (as other currencies are also doing), it is not <checks notes> 'The UK trolley test in real life - giving up on the currency to preserve the bond market' this subtweet sponsored by #Ex-BridgewaterMacroAnalysis #AlwaysWrongAboutTheUK #DoTryHarderYouMuppets

Reeves: IF WE HAD TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF BRITAIN TOGETHER, WE WILL ALL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT EFFORT here comes the Q&A immediately focusing on tax hikes

so far, Gilts are liking this speech from Reeves:

UK reporting shows beats for #BP.L BP, #DEC.L Diversified Energy Co and discussion of separation of businesses at #ABF.L AB Foods:

interesting overnight reaction to the Palantir beat and guidance raise after US close. after initially popping over +6% up, the stock has drifted all the way back to -2%:

#BOOM.L Audioboom gives an update on the Strategic Review announced a month ago, confirming preliminary discussions have started with some interested parties. good for a +10% move on the share price:

First record I bought in 1978. still works nearly 50 years later:

this is not an 'economic vision'. it's rank amateurism with no coherent underpinning. quite apart from being a grifting racist, Farage is also economically illiterate.

UK reporting thin on the ground, global macro survey data for Manufacturing and Services the upcoming highlights:

Michael O'Leary, Ryanair CEO, just now on BTV re airline travel taxes: '(the 3 countries who do not get it) are the dumb Germans, the stupid French, and Rachel Reeves' Ireland's answer to Tim Martin, CEO of JD Wetherspoon. never a dull moment.

interesting that after OPEC+ says it will pause oil output increases in Q1 2026, and Trump continues to threaten Venezuela and now Nigeria, both Brent and WTI can only manage a paltry +0.5% increase overnight: