Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[poikka] 15/4/2020 21:25

jl5006, fyi.

Agricultural workers are flown in to Germany and other countries, not just the UK.

"Totaljobs said it had seen 50,000 searches for farming jobs in one week alone. It added that searches for terms such as "fruit picker" or "farm worker" had surged by 338% and 107% respectively.

Indeed.co.uk said that there had been a huge spike in interest for fruit picker jobs in particular. Between 18 March and 1 April, there was an increase of more than 6,000% in searches for these roles on its website.

Meanwhile, Monster said the number of UK users searching for "farm" or "farm worker" jobs had nearly tripled."

[stonedyou] 15/4/2020 21:20

Study: Remdesivir Effectively Stops Replication of the Coronavirus That Causes COVID-19



The antiviral drug remdesivir has been shown by researchers to effectively stop

the replication mechanism of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

(SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a study

published on April 13 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.1


The researchers at the University of Alberta who published this study also

published the results of an analysis in February that demonstrated how the same

drug worked against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, a

coronavirus related to COVID-19.1


“We were optimistic that we would see the same results against the SARS-CoV-2

virus,” said Matthias Götte, MSc, PhD, chair of medical microbiology and

immunology at the University of Alberta, in a press release. “We obtained almost

identical results as we reported previously with MERS, so we see that remdesivir

is a very potent inhibitor for coronavirus polymerases.”2


The results of the study showed that the polymerase is the engine of the virus and

is responsible for synthesizing the virus’ genome. Remdesivir works by targeting

the polymerase, which stops the virus from spreading. The drug is able to do this

by tricking the virus and mimicking its building blocks.1


“These coronavirus polymerases are sloppy, and they get fooled, so the inhibitor

gets incorporated many times and the virus can no longer replicate,” Götte said in

a press release.2

[ladeside] 15/4/2020 20:51

Why are you attempting to rewrite history ?

Daniels and Blank wanted HBOS badly and Brown wanted to keep one of the nations largest Banking institutions within UK ownership, mainly due to A&L and Abbey recently being taken out by the Spanish.

It was a marriage of convenience due to the competition laws being waived to allow the takeover and at the same time stop the Chinese (Bank of China) and the Spanish (BBVA) from getting their hands on HBOS.

No doubt the Lloyds shareholders were stitched up, however the blame lies much closer to home I'm afraid........

[jl5006] 15/4/2020 20:29

9170
Forget the share price potential -
Every money grabber is after the cash.
When there is no money will the wasters grab the opportunity to pick the fruit harvest?

[essentialinvestor] 15/4/2020 20:19

And they may well be stuffed again on these 20% liability loans?.

How big is that government lending scheme going to grow?.

I think it's meaningless to say this looks interesting at 30, 25, 20 pence etc in this context.

[essentialinvestor] 15/4/2020 20:11

Arguably too much uncertainty on unquantifiable liability for those 20% of loans, some of which
may rapidly turn bad IMV. Plus impairments to come on their standard loan book over the next couple of years.

Is Lloyds investable atm?.

Looks next to impossible to value.


HMG got the full amount back, with £900 million on top. Something the media don't usually say.

[jl5006] 15/4/2020 20:05

With the risk of having to do something - our scavenger sloaths decline to undertake manual work.
Bringing in EU ppl to harvest - pathetic.
It will not be long before the idlers scream about jobs taken.
Not hard times ahead - no phones ahead- Snowflakes

[maxk] 15/4/2020 19:22

No benefits diku.

[diku] 15/4/2020 19:03

What if the lot do a runner?...

[maxk] 15/4/2020 18:58

diku

As long as the farms are going to fly them out again when the contract ends, I see no problem.

However, they shouldnt be allowed to fly in and claim benefits. In other words, the farms should pay them properly and accommodate them.

[essentialinvestor] 15/4/2020 18:56

NHS workers are putting their lives on the line atm, more than I imagine you ever did.

[chavitravi2] 15/4/2020 18:47

Jl5006, no I'm not invested, Yet. I'm on the side line waiting and making my mind up to come in or not. Everyone knows Lloyd's had £20b from the tax payer to bail them out and they know they haven't given a penny out under the Gov scheme. My fear is they will be the whipping boy, the scape goat for the rest if things turn really bad and many firms needlessly go under. Yes I know Gov should make it 100% not 80.
No I'm not in business, I'm a retired engineer.
Yes I agree with the many faults of the NHS that should have been sorted many many years ago instead of keep throwing money into a bottomless pit.

[diku] 15/4/2020 18:33

British workers don't want to work on farms...so more coming...




Romanian workers are being flown in to help feed Britain amid a continuing recruitment crisis in the agriculture sector.

Special charter flights have started flying into the UK from Bucharest with desperately needed workers for British farms that risk losing their crop of early summer fruit and vegetables because of the coronavirus lockdown.

One plane was due to land in Stansted airport on Wednesday afternoon, with another landing on Thursday with 150 people onboard.

Matthew Purton, the head of commercial aviation at Air Charter Services, said the company had tendered for six more flights “for a mixture of farms” in the coming weeks, which could see 450 workers flown to help avert food shortages.

[patientcapital] 15/4/2020 18:31

I posted our family's position some time ago. Highly liquid investment funds, separate to other monies, with exposure to gold and related instruments. Land and property, of course, which gives a high degree of comfort in these stricken times.2020 lows will, I believe, be seen again more than once and perhaps over a longer timeframe than many expect. The Fed cannot keep buying up ETFS indefinitely.

[1madasafish] 15/4/2020 18:30

You mean you want it too

[xxxxxy] 15/4/2020 18:26

These Regulations are the most momentous peace time restrictions on the liberty of individuals to freely go about their business for centuries – possibly ever. No such equivalent provisions were passed even in the last serious pandemic a century ago despite very serious loss of life at that time. They raise very serious constitutional concerns. Even though the Regulations currently have strong public support, the legal underpinnings of the provisions are so thin it is difficult to see how their vires can remain unquestioned.In particular, the assumption that Regulations under the 1984 Act can impose greater restrictions than available to justices of the peace against suspected infected individuals must be seriously doubted. This is before the question of 'quarantine' is even considered, although it is clear that ministers cannot impose quarantine even on infected people. Whilst these measures may not amount to quarantine, they are certainly 'special restrictions'.The idea that ministers can use the 1984 Act to impose 'special restrictions' on non-infected people, never mind the public as a whole, must be seriously questionable. There appears to be a strong case that the Regulations are ultra vires.Robert Craig is AHRC PhD Candidate and tutor in law, University of Bristol. He tweets @RobertCraig3For reasons of space, this post has not sought to address the detailed provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020, Human Rights Act 1998, and Article 5(1)(e) ECHR.Full article hTtps://www.google.com/amp/s/ukhumanrightsblog.com/2020/04/06/lockdown-a-response-to-professor-king-robert-craig/amp/

[crossing_the_rubicon] 15/4/2020 18:10

"mikemichael215 Apr '20 - 15:43 - 300553 of 300567
Think next trip will be Cape Town again, fabulous country if you have some dosh,great food and very cheap last year at 18 sar to the pound, now it's 23 to the pound!!!"

Absolutely boet.
Been a while since I was last there but fabulous place..

[xxxxxy] 15/4/2020 18:08

Question.htTps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-marie-dinou-lockdown-stay-at-home-loitering-arrest-fine-police-a9444311.html

[jl5006] 15/4/2020 18:08

Dire disclosure about Bahner - Not much better here with the Stasi police
There are always 2 sides to a coin and 2 sides to any road.
There should always be 2 sides to any argument - but the media is milking this for its circulation.
Why are the known facts not put into pigeon holes? All put down to dying with virus - not dying as a result of chronic lung failure following 50 years of tobacco inhalation.

[xxxxxy] 15/4/2020 18:06

A time to Revolt is coming. The statistics will tell a tale. Unlock