"You can keep maintaining your glass half-empty, pessimistic...

"You can keep maintaining your glass half-empty, pessimistic view but this IS something that is going to happen"

That's nonsense Col - and you probably know it deep down! It's nothing to do with pessimism. It's realism. There's a big difference. I've been around long enough to know the difference between posturing and realpolitik, on the one hand, and the likely possibilities, on the other. Obviously, many here don't - or they wouldn't be trumpeting the imminence of restarts following every 'official' announcement, which has now been going on since late 2013. The situation is messy and will happen when it happens. The same perceptions applied to the permitting process. I was hounded for my pessimism then as well. But was it really pessimism Col?