I somehow don't think this will be your last rant.. as entertaining as they are, they are also a little concerning..
re your point that shareholders have always been tight - it reminded me of this little snippet I came across the other day when I went back and look at the July 2020 vote:

That's a decent proportion of shareholders who voted against moving the listing - unfortunately they didn't carry enough shares to make a dent in the resolution.. (and again, it's only a small fraction of the 10,800 proclaimed shareholders who even bother to respond..)
Makes one wonder what the results of the most recent demerger vote were at the shareholder count level.. That detail wasn't published in the results announcement - observers can draw their own conclusions as to why