Jim Power

because it wants to increase its oil exports and it felt the quotas that OPEC imposed were preventing it from expanding.

Do you think this is a big story in the whole global oil market?

Looking at what's going on in Iran at the moment, I mean, every day one tends to change one view on the likelihood of this war ending anytime soon.

It was interesting to see Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, come out in the last 24 hours saying that the United States is being humiliated by Iran.

And I

What a statement from the leader of Germany.

Yeah, it does, it does.

And of course, Trump had his own fun at the weekend in the Hilton in Washington.

Yeah, they are actually.

And listening to podcasts and so on over the last few days, it's amazing the sensible people who are now become conspiratorial.

I suspect it couldn't have been staged, but who knows?

But anyway, it just shows actually how sensible people have been changed by the events of the last couple of years with

Is your King Charles an investor?

Wow, that's a fair jump, drawing comparisons between Trump and King Charles.

Yeah, no, you've just thrown me there by the notion that my cycle around Dublin streets is going to become even more dangerous.

It's not just evil motorists I'll be watching.

It's even bigger potholes.

Indeed.

Doesn't sound great.

OK, on the data front, Chris, there was some data we didn't catch last week and some this week just to bring our listeners up to date.