I have not fired him or, so far this week, Darren. But perhaps a P45 for the Canadian socialist crackpot is called for once again. After all it is almost Christmas and what else could I give him?

Our esteemed IT genius Darren says that there are so many pictures of my garden in badgerland Wales, the latest going up last night, and that my bleatings about snow stopping play are so pathetic that we should post a picture of his garden in the socialist paradise of Canada this morning. Okay.

This issue for Darren was prompted by me discussing “cousin” Axl Rose yesterday.  I start by discussing day 12 of Joshua’s Advent calendar, then what Darren needs to record for you this Yuletide. Then it is the strange tale of Calisen (CLSN), Goldman talking woke nonsense and finaly BBC #fakenews on cheddar cheese prices and why my grandfather, Sir John Winnifrith, was right in 1975 and why food prices, therefore, could and should fall from January 1. 

 We're inviting you to send pictures in of what you see out of your window and/or of your new workspace. Just email them to editorial@shareprophets.com . Today, we're looking at the view of Darren in Canada.

As a rule, Tom resents any downtime on ShareProphets, and he hates deliberate downtime the most. Even a scheduled 3am Sunday morning shutdown is enough for put him on a rampage resulting in Tom targeting some otherwise honest, hard-working UK listed company and its sainted shareholders. So, a two day quiet period is an unusal Christmas gift from Santa.

Hello, Share Twangers. You may have your suspicions if I return again to the subject of fair payment for the huge number of well-researched articles on this unique website. But I must at least try and save you from the possibilities of losing huge dollops of money.