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Notes from Underground - To the mainstream media, Neil Woodford just fell into their laps

You, dear reader, know that the Neil Woodford story has largely been driven by ShareProphets (in particular, Nigel Somerville, Cynical Bear, and Tom Winnifrith) over the past two years so I hope that you are shocked by the lack of recognition we get from the Mainstream Press now that they have discovered the story.

It doesn't make a difference in our coverage of financial naughtiness. Your subscription pays to keep the lights on at ShareProphets and will continue to do so. But I hope that you see by the omission of our name that the Mainstream Media is not telling the whole story and that they have agendas of their own. Mentioning us would only muddy their narrative.

So, thank you for continuing to subscribe to ShareProphets, where we try to keep our narratives clear.

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To the surprise of noone, with the possible exception of Neil Woodford, the most-read non-Tom story, excluding Bearcasts, is EXPLOSIVE: Has Hargreaves Lansdown been telling investors to buy Neil Woodford’s Equity Income Fund when it was selling? by Nigel Somerville at a fantastic #1, or including Bearcasts, at a fantastic #1.   * * * 

Our top 10 most-read stories this week were:

  1. EXPLOSIVE: Has Hargreaves Lansdown been telling investors to buy Neil Woodford’s Equity Income Fund when it was selling?
  2. BREAKING: Neil Woodford begs IFAs to stick with him in an email which is just not true
  3. Julie Meyer - my response to fascist lawyers letter, time for me to go to the North Wales Police
  4. EXCLUSIVE: Julie Meyer shocker – does she want the good news or the very bad news
  5. Who exposed Neil Woodford - laughable fake news from the Sunday Times cocksuckers
  6. BREAKING: Versarien Patrick Abbott update – oh dear he now faces up to 20 years in jail, lawyer quits
  7. The Corruption of the Deadwood Press: The Mail on Sunday, Jim Mellon and Agronomics
  8. Neil Woodford’s Income Focus Fund – redemptions accelerating as the fund loses more than £100m in Eight days
  9. Kefi Minerals at 1.53p worth 8.53p claims convicted felon Champagne Charlie Gibson
  10. Woodford Patient Capital Trust – the most pathetic of statements, shares slide again

The most-listened to Bearcasts this week were:

  1. Tom Winnifrith Bearcast; That knob Bryce Elder at the FT plus the Hargreaves Neil Woodford scandal is about to explode
  2. Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: should Neil Woodford go to prison?
  3. Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Mind the gap near the end the hot rumour is afterwards!
  4. Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - the gender pay gap in football & £3m coke & hookers money from the sorry Mporium saga
  5. Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - IP Group is surely a stonking Woodford short as its next placing looms
  6. Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: back to BCA, the Big Short & timing Woodford's next gating

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Complete Coverage

That Was the Week that Was 7 Days of ShareProphets

Sunday »

AET
Afentra shares have plenty of upside potential whilst oil prices remain high - buy
  • By Gary Newman
  • 18 October 2026, 10:28
Gold
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Is Marooned And I Take A Brief Look At Golden Prospect’s Prospects
  • By Nigel Somerville
  • 18 October 2026, 09:18
Quiz
The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #368
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 18 October 2026, 08:15
Blackboard
Visual Aid: The World’s Most and Least Taxed Countries
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 18 October 2026, 08:15
Reading
Sunday Long Reads: Missing Sheep, Perishing Eels, Karl Bushby’s Walk, Failed Romance, Buying a Filipino Bride
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 18 October 2026, 08:14
Top-10
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending October 17
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 18 October 2026, 08:13

Saturday »

Bobby-Moore
And the champagne from Lucian will go to……
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 17 October 2026, 14:51
FVA
An “ahead of expectations” and further growth potential Buy
  • By HotStockRockets
  • 17 October 2026, 12:09
Newsboy
How low can one fall after working at Technology Minerals: a chance to hook up with the Playboy bird via the Aussie sinner?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 17 October 2026, 11:58
MEX
Tortilla Mexican Grill – discounted placing, states including “to accelerate value creation plan” but how much so really?…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 17 October 2026, 08:00

Friday »

PR1
Pri0rity Intelligence – this statement cannot be true, is the FCA talking about you?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 15:49
Roulette
Pathos Communications – shares ‘only’ just over 23% down since December 2025 listing… so “Best Newcomer at the AIM Awards” (natch!)…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 16 October 2026, 15:30
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Why Amaroq will tell me to Foxtrot Oscar
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 15:22
Clown_Funeral
The FCA admits that it is utterly useless: Evil Banksta is left almost speechless as am I
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 13:59
Bear
Video: Fuel Rationing, ‘Hard To Go Wrong’ With Gold Miners & Platinum To Outperform
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 12:24
BMV
Bluebird Mining: Disgraced CEO Sath’s Skylake vehicle dumping shares what can it mean?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 11:46
Confetti
Nuburu finally buys Tekne but reveals more massive dilution of its shareholders ( quelle surprise!)
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 11:06
AMRQ
Letter to Eldur Olaffson – time to sack Charles Archer and cleanse the Amaroq stable
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 10:54
THX
Thor Explorations – “Q3 2026 Operating Update”, a further cashed-up Buy
  • By HotStockRockets
  • 16 October 2026, 09:02
Collapsing-Reactor
The Morning after the AIM awards dinner – more bad data from the Casino emerges
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 16 October 2026, 08:58

Thursday »

THG
THG – emphasises expectations “upgrade”, but how’s underlying trading?...
  • By Steve Moore
  • 15 October 2026, 16:28
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: This makes no sense to me at all
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 15:04
Boom
BREAKING: Companies House passes Amazing AI bogus filings to Enforcement Team
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 14:03
THRU
Thruvision – emphasises “Multiple orders received”… but how material are they?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 15 October 2026, 13:47
Gold
Video: ‘Especially Now’ Huge Opportunity in Junior Miners - Finding 10-Baggers
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 13:42
PRD
Letter to the FCA: Insider Dealing at Predator Oil & Gas
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 12:44
PXEN
Prospex Energy: Charles Archer ramps but I reckon it has run out of money: Bailout Discounted Monkey Placing ahoy!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 11:27
FAB
Fusion Antibodies – argues “encouraging scientific and technological progress”, but there’s not financial progress. Hopefully my warning was heeded…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 15 October 2026, 10:48
EPP
Letter to the FCA: Insider Dealing at Energy Pathways
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 09:33
PRD
BREAKING: Predator placing; knock me down with a feather, the FCA must be all over this like a rash
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 15 October 2026, 08:23

Wednesday »

DPP
DP Poland – Q3 trading update, how “well positioned” really to create durable value for shareholders?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 14 October 2026, 16:10
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: deconstructing the Audioboom Q3s
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 14 October 2026, 15:49
CNS
Corero Network Security – “Q3 2026 Commercial Update”, more ramptastic?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 14 October 2026, 14:20
Bully
Paul Mathieson – is this a new low?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 14 October 2026, 14:13
Collapsing-Reactor
Free car from the taxpayer because you have acne? £700m to save 1 salmon every 12 years - where your taxes go
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 14 October 2026, 13:33
CRTA
Cirata dismal trading update: surely £430,000 a year CEO Stephen Kelly must be fired
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 14 October 2026, 12:06
RWA
Robert Walters plc – expects full-year “at least in line with current market expectations”, but how creditable is that?…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 14 October 2026, 11:57
EPP
Energy Pathways: Swanny makes extraordinary claim about insider dealing, I’m contacting the FCA
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 14 October 2026, 11:03
KEFI
Kefi Gold & Copper – a told y’all “Recommencement of Development at Tulu Kapi Project” Buy
  • By HotStockRockets
  • 14 October 2026, 09:37
Boom
Letter to Michael Bloomberg: does he condone anti semitism and attacks on my Indian heritage wife?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 14 October 2026, 08:33
OXIG
Oxford Instruments – “Interim Trading Update… confidence in full-year expectations”, but is that sufficient for the valuation?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 14 October 2026, 08:02

Tuesday »

Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Valereum is about to explode, it's almost game over
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 15:19
PAGE
Michael Page plc – “Return to growth, full year expectations maintained”… share price fall?…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 13 October 2026, 15:10
Beggar
4 charts showing how you are being lied to about your impoverishment since 1900 and since 1975
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 13:57
BP
BP shows the £6 billion folly of green energy GroupThink
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 12:13
EMAN
Everyman Media – “Proposed cancellation and Notice of GM”. Quelle surprise!…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 13 October 2026, 11:40
ELEG
Electric Guitar is still hitting bum notes
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 10:49
Madness
If you are anywhere close to 67 why you should stop work now & go on welfare to be better off
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 10:18
EPP
I call out Energy Pathways placing announcement as horse
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 10:08
CAV
Cavendish: Smug Sam Smith’s proudest achievement warns yet again but what is it NOT saying?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 09:19
Greek Tear
Photo to Treasure: An early Christmas present from reader A who won a week at the Greek Hovel
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 13 October 2026, 08:15

Monday »

Boom
Sharestock 2027: early bird priced tickets on sale
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 16:05
THRU
Thruvision – “H1 Trading Update”, how ‘encouragingly’ do full-year “expectations remain unchanged”?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 12 October 2026, 16:05
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: 3 new share trades, Lucian is Cassandra and 2 things I expect
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 14:14
HAS
Hays plc – Q1 update emphasising “Strong progress executing our Momentum strategy at pace”, but how’s the financial progress?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 12 October 2026, 14:14
VLRM
Valereum ‘fesses to lying AGAIN – how long can this madness be tolerated?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 12:40
AOM
ActiveOps – ‘change to outlook’. You were warned on this…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 12 October 2026, 11:30
BRES
Blencowe Resources: to lose one director with immediate effect is understandable, two looks like carelessness (or worse)
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 11:26
KEFI
Kefi: Rejoice, rejoice
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 10:21
TERN
Tern settles with SVV, I predict yet another rescue placing before Christmas
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 09:53
Boom
Paul Mathieson with another vile rant- does Bloomberg ethics director Laura Zelenko stand by its source?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 12 October 2026, 09:05

Sunday »

OMG
Oxford Metrics – some projects delays but also outlook positives
  • By Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore
  • 11 October 2026, 18:25
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: selling Kefi to go all in on Amaroq would be a mistake
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 11 October 2026, 15:43
Gold
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Rebounds: Will It Last?
  • By Nigel Somerville
  • 11 October 2026, 14:16
AMRQ
Amaroq – Eldur Olaffson interview; truly mind blowing numbers, I will be buying even more shares
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 11 October 2026, 13:41
Quiz
The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #367
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 11 October 2026, 12:34
Blackboard
Visual Aid: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2026
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 11 October 2026, 12:33
Reading
Sunday Long Reads: Be a Victorian, Bad Vancouver, Plymouth Bomb, Why Britain Doesn’t Build, Anne Carson
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 11 October 2026, 12:32
Top-10
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending October 10
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 11 October 2026, 12:31