Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[barmiddleton] 22/1/2018 08:50

Very interesting posts guys, particularly the information from you CI. I'm currently over in South Africa so not so close to the action in the UK. Seems a more convulated situation is developing all the time with more and more "claimants" seeking compensation from the AG (i.e. us!) and the pot. I somehow feel we've got a long wait ahead. BTW CI the share price might have recently reached £3 but remember that really should read 30p!!! But it's going in the right direction I suppose.

[chinese investor] 22/1/2018 07:44

" An action group representing Royal Bank of Scotland PLC shareholders has rejected claims from a consultancy suing for a slice of the £200 million settlement the group reached over a class action against the bank."

[leedskier] 22/1/2018 07:32

New York closed higher on Friday. DAX forecast to open higher today. What is the spin for the FTSE100 opening down (again)?

Pick & Mix.

[smurfy2001] 22/1/2018 00:04

Customer can go ....

[leedskier] 21/1/2018 15:32

Theresa May is being warned by the head of the CBI that time is running out to make progress on Brexit and remaining in a customs union with Brussels is the best option for British business.

[leedskier] 21/1/2018 15:31

Theresa May still has a long way to go before convincing people she is making a success of Brexit, with a new poll indicating almost two thirds of the public believe talks are going badly.

[maxk] 21/1/2018 11:24

Thanks pf, i'll keep an eye on that site.




Meanwhile, back at the coalface, the brothers and sisters are busy..




Jeremy Corbyn allies plot to oust 50 Labour MPs

Secret hitlist of moderates for deselection



Caroline Wheeler and Andrew Gilligan

January 21 2018, 12:01am,
The Sunday Times




Up to 50 Labour MPs are on a deselection hitlist drawn up by left-wing supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, it has been claimed.

Moderate Labour MPs have been warned that Corbyn’s allies want centrist candidates replaced with more left-leaning ones.

A Labour Party whip has been privately telling moderate MPs not to rock the boat or they could face deselection, amid fears that up to 50 will be targeted if rule changes are pushed through this autumn.

Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor, and Hilary Benn, the former shadow foreign secretary, are believed to top the list. Angela Eagle, who challenged Corbyn for the leadership in 2016, and her sister Maria Eagle, the former shadow culture secretary, are also thought to be vulnerable.



More if you register:

[leedskier] 21/1/2018 10:01

Yesterday evening this story appeared.

[polar fox] 20/1/2018 17:04

maxk,

You may not be aware, but Anthony Wells, a YouGov director, has his own blog, on which he comments objectively on various polls from time to time. He is thoroughly sensible and wise on polling issues and I bookmarked his site (ukpollingreport, all one word) last year. Worth following, and you can comment.

Anyway, he has posted a shortish, for him, comment on that poll you mentioned above:

YouGov’s regular voting intention poll for the Times has topline figures of CON 41%(+1), LAB 42%(+1), LDEM 7%(-2). Fieldwork was Tuesday to Wednesday and changes are from early January.

The regular tracking question on “Bregret”; finds 45% of respondents saying Britain was right to vote for Brexit, 44% think it was wrong. This is the first time YouGov have found more people saying right than wrong since last August, though I would caution against reading much into that. On average this question has been showing about 2% more people thinking it was the wrong decision than the right decision, but normal sample variation from poll to poll (the “margin of error”) means that with figures that close random chance alone should produce the occasional poll with “right” ahead, even if public opinion is actually unchanged. As ever, don’t get too excited over one poll, and wait to see if it is reflected in other polls,

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[sux_2bu] 20/1/2018 13:20

Any thoughts on American Government now shut down ? Will this cause issues in the markets?

[maxk] 20/1/2018 11:00

The majority of the yoof who think €uroland is some sort of benign cuddly place fail to do their research. But there again, what do we expect from the snowflake generation?

[leedskier] 20/1/2018 10:23

I think that the nation is divided on this issue. The fault line is probably age related. Most pro brexiteers appear to be those aged 45 plus and most remainers appear to be 18 to 45.

Of course within that generalisation there are clusters who are outliers. The majority of the academics, politicians, those in financial services, appear to be remainers irrespective of age. The analysis post the referendum was that University educated voters were more likely to have voted to remain. So maybe the divide is between older, white, van drivers, especially those living in deprived areas and younger, multi ethnic, well educated and living in London.

Which is why the Tories could lose the next election.

The majority of those who believe being in the EU is better, are those in their twenties and thirties. They are the same people who appear to be supporting Corbyn.

[maxk] 20/1/2018 09:51

I just posted this article up across the road. What do you think?



Majority of Britons think UK is right to leave the European Union for first time in six months


By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent
19 January 2018 • 7:42pm




A majority of Britons believe that the country was right to vote for Brexit for the first time in six months.

A new poll by YouGov found that 45 per cent of people think Britons were right to vote to leave the European Union, up three per cent.

The same poll found that 44 per cent of people think the UK is wrong to want to leave, down two per cent.

The YouGov tracking poll tests the will of the people with regularly survey.

Matthew Goodwin, the polling expert, said it was the first time since July 2007 that “right has been ahead” of wrong in the tracking poll.

He added: “As I have argued since June 2016, we will see no major shifts in public opinion on this question because it is a vote that is far more expressive/value driven than 'normal' policy choices.”


There is a pic here (cant post) and the rest of the article:

[leedskier] 20/1/2018 09:44

"...all of us..." being whom precisely?

The rabid anti EU electoral college may have to make a choice and it is a stark one.

The UK leaving the EU without a good deal, leading to a real fall in everything bar inflation, which will see Corbyn take office.

Or an ultra soft brexit and a Tory Government.

[maxk] 19/1/2018 22:57

Treesa has done nothing of the sort!

Her cabinet is full of remainers, and the inner circle are all remainers.

She is playing a game, and not a very good game...she must think we are all stupid and will put up with the three card trick.

She is wrong, just as she has been wrong with every important decision she has ever made .. but someone wants her..and it aint the people.

[leedskier] 19/1/2018 22:28

TM having placed the responsibility for sorting out brexit on those who campaigned for it, has also put them on the spike if they fail to get a good deal.

Parliament will vote against a hard brexit without a second referendum.

Leaving it to the failed cabinet brexit team to attempt to persuade the voters about how much better off they will be with a hard brexit.

[leedskier] 19/1/2018 22:17

They are all coming out tonight.

[leedskier] 19/1/2018 22:15

19 JANUARY 2018 • 9:45PM
Britain could rejoin a reformed European Union within a generation, Theresa May’s de facto deputy prime minister has suggested, as he said it would be “something for future parliaments to consider”.

David Lidington, the Cabinet Office Minister who replaced Damian Green at Mrs May’s side in this month’s reshuffle, said it was impossible to predict what the EU will look like in “10 or 20 years’ time”.

Mr Lidington, who campaigned for Remain during the EU Referendum, said he had not changed his views on Brexit but as a democrat it was his job to implement the will of the people.

The former Europe minister, who is now arguably the country’s most powerful male politician, chairs several key Cabinet sub-committees on Brexit after taking over Mr Green’s responsibilities.

In his first interview since taking on the new role, he also told The Daily Telegraph it was possible Britain could join some...

[polar fox] 19/1/2018 21:40

Agree - ever since her speech in the run-up to the Referendum.

[maxk] 19/1/2018 21:13

You posted it up to prove a point: ie, Treesa is a remainer.

Fair enough, but us heretics never thought anything else.

[leedskier] 19/1/2018 19:51

It is not my point, but it is hers!

[maxk] 19/1/2018 17:59

From the same article.


“But there isn’t going to be another vote, so this is not an issue. What is going to happen is the UK is going to leave the European Union.”


However, I take your point.

[leedskier] 19/1/2018 17:43

19 JANUARY 2018 • 4:09PM

New doubts have emerged about Theresa May’s commitment to Brexit after she suggested she would vote Remain if an EU referendum were held today and boasts of being a “European”.