Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[maxk] 05/12/2017 13:09

For once I agree with the lesser spotted Millibandus.

The incompetence on display is breathtaking.

[careful] 05/12/2017 12:58

There are more than enough who have declared economic war on Europe.
We are as feeble now as we were then.
But we are without Uncle Sam and Uncle Joe to rescue us this time.

[leedskier] 05/12/2017 12:41

last night I watched the new Churchill movie ... "DARKEST HOUR" which is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill's courage to lead changed the course of world history.

Is there no-one in the current crop of wannabe leaders able to step up?

[gcom2] 05/12/2017 11:59

Is that weirdo still being given airtime

[maxk] 05/12/2017 11:01

I wonder who will carry the can for Treesa's latest foul up?



Brexit deal chaos: Theresa May tries to head off Cabinet rebellion over fears that whole UK will have 'regulatory alignment' with EU



By Laura Hughes, Political Correspondent
5 December 2017 • 10:56am


PM warned she could face leadership challenge

Brexit deal in chaos after DUP backlash over Irish border concessions

How a call from Arlene Foster in middle of lunch ended PM's hopes of deal

Sturgeon demands Scotland gets same Brexit single market deal as NI

Theresa May holds Cabinet meeting to discuss Irish border issue



The rest of the article is behind a sign up deal:

[maxk] 04/12/2017 19:34

Well leeds, I'd go along with a change of management, cos Treesa aint up to it.

All she appears to good for is sound bites with little substance, and very iffy judgement.

The NI thing was so badly thought out, it got shot to pieces within minutes.

She's gone imo.

[leedskier] 04/12/2017 19:10

maxk, I think the Guardian are now pushing hard for a change of Govt. Very hard!

[maxk] 04/12/2017 18:37

Labour wont get in: Do you think the snowflakes are stupid enough to fall for the false promises a send time around?


The influential Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said that Tory MPs would not allow the regulation even of Northern Ireland to be aligned with the EU.

“We cannot align the regulation of one part of the United Kingdom with the European Union. If we align the whole of the United Kingdom then we haven’t left the European Union so there is a logical impossibility of doing what the Irish government proposes,” he told reporters outside the meeting of backbench Conservative MPs.


Rees-Mogg said the DUP and the Conservative party were in total agreement. He said:

"Gavin Barwell made it absolutely clear. As he said, we are not going to trade on distinctions between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That would be completely intolerable. We are the Conservative and Unionist party after all."


Full story :

[leedskier] 04/12/2017 18:09

No I do not, but it is not me calling the shots is it!

[buywell3] 04/12/2017 18:06

so you want labour in do you ?

[leedskier] 04/12/2017 16:23

If the DUP block it is either a second referendum or another GE.

Either way the Tories are stuffed.

[polar fox] 04/12/2017 15:37

srpactive,

You're right - five years ago the DOW/FTSE ratio was around 1.9, now it's at an ATH of 3.32. If you can't figure it out, I suggest you fly to NY, buy an Amtrak rail pass and spend 3-4 weeks travelling between the East and West coasts, making sure you rent cars from time to time, to explore as much as possible.

If Corbyn becomes PM , expect the ratio to reach 5-6 pretty quickly, as the indices move in opposite directions!

[maxk] 04/12/2017 15:09

Tom Newton Dunn
✔ @tnewtondunn


Deal trouble? Senior DUP source tells me NI-Eire regulatory alignment "doesn't have Arlene's approval". Adds: "So it's a no go. We leave on same terms".

2:40 PM - Dec 4, 2017

[polar fox] 04/12/2017 15:04

NatWest branch closure programme

Further to Friday's posts, I just dropped by my local branch. It was plastered with printed notices of closure on June 25. Since I was the only customer, I asked the two female cashiers when my former branch (10 miles away) would be shutting and the answer was June 12. So it looks like the bank is aiming to complete the whole programme just before the Interims, since they said June 25 is virtually the last closing date.

It won't be a big deal (they said) in terms of my C/A being switched to the branch in a major town about 15 miles away - same sort code, same a/c number. We'll see. Since I shop in said major town a couple of times a week, I'm cool about everything.

Clearly, the cost savings will be significant, like two under-employed cashiers and a customer services manager surfing her computer!

[srpactive] 04/12/2017 15:03

The ftse 100 used to be always around half the value of the Dow,
as when we were around 7000, the dow was around 14 - 15000,
now with the ftse100 still around 7400 the Dow is 24450.

Can anyone give a reason for the ftse100 being virtually
unchanged whilst the dow has risen 50%?

Thank you in advance.

[leedskier] 04/12/2017 12:58

Does that mean that the banks can relocate to Belfast/

[leedskier] 04/12/2017 12:56

The British government appears to have bowed to the Republic of Ireland’s demand that Northern Ireland will not diverge from key EU laws and regulations in the future so as to ensure that a hard border does not return to the island.

Live Britain concedes on Irish border, senior MEP says after Barnier meeting - Politics live
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker intended to conclude phase one of the Brexit talks and MPs debating the EU withdrawal bill
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According to sources, MEPs were told by the chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, that Theresa May had conceded after days of intense talks that the province would be treated as a special case with “continued regulatory alignment” between the north and south of the island after Brexit.

A draft of the text of a 15-page joint agreement between the European commission and the British government is said to include a commitment in paragraph 48 that “in the absence of agreed solutions the UK will ensure that there continues to be continued regulatory alignment” with the internal market and customs union.

[leedskier] 04/12/2017 12:55

Brexit talks deadline: Britain 'concedes' on Irish border.

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Hotel California rules apply yo N.I.

What is the betting that by the end of all this, the only real change will be blue passports instead of red.

[chinese investor] 04/12/2017 12:03

One would expect progress this week.

[maxk] 04/12/2017 10:25

The end of a miracle?

[polar fox] 04/12/2017 10:20

"San fairy Ann" comes to mind, Raffles - internet banking rules, especially with the media.

[raffles the gentleman thug] 04/12/2017 09:25

Not sure enormity of what RBS is doing with its branch network has even sunk in yet - surprisingly little in the press

[cfc1] 04/12/2017 08:48

cant we even break 30p equ for christmas?!