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Not only did I get into the AGM of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) but in response to one of my two questions chairman Donald Brydon fessed up to being a reader of my work, saying how glad he was that I had got in this year. And as I chatted to my new best friend afterwards up wandered the bogus Sheriff, Marcus Stuttard, head of the oxymorons at AIM Regulation and guess what?...He's a reader too.
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Comments
Daniel Victor
Mmmm …if they’re really so friendly,why did they exclude you last year,Tom ?
Duck and Dive
Bravo. Satisfactory answers were never a realistic target. It is enough to have asked the questions and aired the issues in front of the directors and their major shareholders. Action to address the issues may follow.
And good to see that, out of respect for your eminent readers, you have deployed your spellchecker and/or Nigel to clean up your prose. We can’t have VIPs thinking you’re thick.
mammyoko
Suspect that they will all be topped once the Germans take over. Perhaps worth copying all your future correspondence with the FCA to Herr Kengeter for maximum embarrassment.
We can live in hope that the German takeover leads to a very different (i.e. German) form of regulatory environment
alcira16247
Tom
I bet your feeling pretty pleased with the day, eh?
Your standing within the profession must have shot up a few more knots with today’s revelations – bloody well done, you!
Just don’t take that job with the Telegraph, when they come a knocking!
wildrides
Feck ………. what bunch of wankers the LSE are . It must have been very hard to stand up in there, what with being ankle deep in semen . The LSE bring new meaning to the phrase “being in denial about being in denial”
turbograndad
Whilst PR has taken over from the truth, everyone will continue to live in this fantasy, be very careful out there, trust at your peril Beryl.
Marvin
Don’t be too hard on Mr Miers.
I expect he needed to spend some time scouting around for some extra margin on his SXX short.