Tom Norman
@farjeon.bsky.social
UK base, investing and index trading.
Very bad news for chickens.
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Very bad news for chickens.
Well that's bollocks. Sainsbury's "Taste the Difference" is always my go to, particularly the wines.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Well that's bollocks. Sainsbury's "Taste the Difference" is always my go to, particularly the wines.
Might be that it's a good system in a bad situation. Though certainly agree we don't want FTSE boardroom psychopaths running the country.
October 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Might be that it's a good system in a bad situation. Though certainly agree we don't want FTSE boardroom psychopaths running the country.
Seems to me that the mindset of the criminal and that of the entrepreneur aren't that different.
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Seems to me that the mindset of the criminal and that of the entrepreneur aren't that different.
I remember visiting the Ladbrokes in Willesden when an argument broke out between two of my fellow investors. Eventually one of them left and it looked as though things would calm down until he returned brandishing a machete. I placed my bet and left.
September 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I remember visiting the Ladbrokes in Willesden when an argument broke out between two of my fellow investors. Eventually one of them left and it looked as though things would calm down until he returned brandishing a machete. I placed my bet and left.
If it hadn't been Farage it would have been someone like him. The important question is why are so many people so angry they're prepared to vote for him?
I would suggest it is because they have been ignored for 40 years by both liberal and capitalist elites.
I would suggest it is because they have been ignored for 40 years by both liberal and capitalist elites.
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If it hadn't been Farage it would have been someone like him. The important question is why are so many people so angry they're prepared to vote for him?
I would suggest it is because they have been ignored for 40 years by both liberal and capitalist elites.
I would suggest it is because they have been ignored for 40 years by both liberal and capitalist elites.
I would have thought the way forward was to start paying attention to the people Farage appeals to.
September 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I would have thought the way forward was to start paying attention to the people Farage appeals to.
Do we know if Farage's voters get their news from the BBC?
August 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Do we know if Farage's voters get their news from the BBC?
Annuziata = A tuna nazi
August 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Annuziata = A tuna nazi
What's with the font sizes? Brian Cox bigger than Roger Penrose? Alastair Campbell bigger than Neil Kinnock?
And WTF is an Annuziata Rees-Mogg?
And WTF is an Annuziata Rees-Mogg?
August 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's with the font sizes? Brian Cox bigger than Roger Penrose? Alastair Campbell bigger than Neil Kinnock?
And WTF is an Annuziata Rees-Mogg?
And WTF is an Annuziata Rees-Mogg?
Ha! This was some years ago but even then he apparently looked as though he was at the wrong end of a good night out.
August 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ha! This was some years ago but even then he apparently looked as though he was at the wrong end of a good night out.
No idea, but my brother did meet Phil Tufnell when he was working as the face of British Sausages.
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
No idea, but my brother did meet Phil Tufnell when he was working as the face of British Sausages.
Recenlty bought this myself. When the market rallied following Trump's Liberation Day it finally struck me that we were in a mad bull market and I'd better get on board.
August 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Recenlty bought this myself. When the market rallied following Trump's Liberation Day it finally struck me that we were in a mad bull market and I'd better get on board.
Oh yes, rereading it I see what you mean. No probs.
August 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Oh yes, rereading it I see what you mean. No probs.
😂...it was a 30% loss!
August 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
😂...it was a 30% loss!
Not much point in trying to be the next Buffett unless you've got someone like Ajit Jain as your wingman.
August 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Not much point in trying to be the next Buffett unless you've got someone like Ajit Jain as your wingman.
I maintain I was early, not wrong. Don't know how long I can keep that up for though.
August 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I maintain I was early, not wrong. Don't know how long I can keep that up for though.
Always impressed by people who can buy a company after it's multibagged. Something I'm going to have to practise, especially as we seem to be in a ripsnorting bull market.
July 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Always impressed by people who can buy a company after it's multibagged. Something I'm going to have to practise, especially as we seem to be in a ripsnorting bull market.
"...part of the art of politics is smiling when you feel like you're swallowing a turd." Bill Clinton.
It's demeaning but it buys time.
It's demeaning but it buys time.
July 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"...part of the art of politics is smiling when you feel like you're swallowing a turd." Bill Clinton.
It's demeaning but it buys time.
It's demeaning but it buys time.
Frankly, news to me that any actual thinking is going on.
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Frankly, news to me that any actual thinking is going on.