The Evil Diaries: “The bankers have yet to declare their hand”

Alex Brummer is presumably a tolerably sensible chap in his private life. But at the Daily Mail he is told to write whatever causes a daily hate even if the text that emerges is palpable rubbish. A very good example is his criticism today of The Mashley when Brummer remarks that “Business history tells us that overweening bosses who refuse to listen to colleagues and investors eventually pay a heavy price”. He should have written “history can indicate… may eventually…” but as to the universality of his comment, well, it is just the Daily Mail engaged in a daily fail. Perhaps not but I suppose that Brummer finds this deeply degrading.

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I had decided not to comment on Charlotte Proudman but since nobody else has I remark that she does not disclose the state of her breasts or a picture of her legs. It is therefore quite pointless making a sexist remark. It simply can’t be done. I would have thought that this is pretty obvious.

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Back on Pantheon (PANR), I tried to get a whiff of how things are going by talking to John Walmsley, the chairman. But this exercise was quite pointless since John, if he will forgive my so remarking, has an extraordinary ability to talk round a subject without in fact commenting at all. He just does not release insider information.

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APR Energy (APR) surprise (me at any rate) by this morning announcing that their Libyan assets have been retrieved and that they will be relocated to profit elsewhere. I do not know what to make of this but I decline to close my short. APR is still losing money and the bankers have yet to declare their hand.

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Finally, Rugby Union as played seventy years ago: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=zm-G3ng6qBY.