GameStop but without the rage – inside the world of British ‘meme’ investing
We follow Britain s online investor community who aren t looking for revenge, just returns
6 February 2021 • 5:00am
Sub-reddit WallStreetBets was behind the action the US but forums closer to home have other motives
Credit: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
While America’s online investor community is out to take down Wall Street, Britain’s has very different aims.
Shares in GameStop, the American video games retailer, crashed last week after a stratospheric rise driven by users of the Reddit internet forum, who had sent the stock soaring from $17 at the start of this year to a peak of $483, a 2,700pc rise.
Highland cannabis dealer supplied drug to friends By Ali Morrison Published: 15:30, 01 January 2021
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Sheriff Sara Matheson.
A Kirkhill man who shared a cannabis joint with friends has admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug.
But defence solicitor advocate Shahid Latif told Inverness Sheriff Court the case was low level , with the incident being the full extent of 42-year-old William Mackenzieâs drug dealing.
Mr Latif also said the prosecutionâs value of the drugs found in Mackenzieâs home at St Maryâs Road on November 22 last year was overstated and was not £5000 but £3375.
Price said he is “extremely humbled”, but, “for police, it’s not about individuals, it’s about the team”. He said there is no one event he is most proud of, but the moments where he was able to get everyone to focus on a clear purpose were highlights. “It may seem like Canterbury’s had ten years of milestone events, but I’m proudest of the ability for police to unite. “The public are the police, and the police are the public, that sense of unity is really special.” Price said other Government and partner agencies are also a part of that.
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A man who shared a cannabis joint with friends admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug.
But defence solicitor advocate Shahid Latif told Inverness Sheriff Court that the case against the Kirkhill man was “low level” and that was the extent of 42-year-old William Mackenzie’s drug dealing.
Mr Latif added that the prosecution value of the drugs found in Mackenzie’s home at St Mary’s Road, on November 22 last year was “over-stated” and was not £5,000 but £3,375.