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[kenbachelor] 09/10/2018 18:08

We can't afford another labour government.

Every one we've had since the war has handed over a country in a worse financial state than when it took over. Gordon Brown said he'd abolished boom and bust, before handing over the worst financial crash in living memory.

[m1k3y1] 09/10/2018 17:45

Someone will fill it indeed hades.....but not just yet I suspect.

[hades1] 09/10/2018 17:20

It's a vacuum.Someone will fill it and the Tory's are finished.The far right have a lot to answer for.Corbyn only option to fill vacuum

[m1k3y1] 09/10/2018 17:13

Corbyn hasn't got a chance I am afraid.
Although some of his policies are popular , he doesn't have the leadership strength that the people are looking for.

[hades1] 09/10/2018 16:48

The best we can hope for is they push the can down the road again but that's not fooling anyone anymore!Personally believe all roads lead to Jeremy Corbyn now anyway and most informed opinion seems to be that's the only way out of this miss now - strange times!Business supporting a labour government!

[m1k3y1] 09/10/2018 16:36

True hades but once the Brexit deal has been done (or not) ?

[hades1] 09/10/2018 16:12

Bold call.Sadly as a mostly UK bank and with the global economy slowing down, the UK likely to tip into recession.Global growth was the only thing keeping UK afloat.Plus remember the B word.No one would touch a UK bank with a barge pole right now.

[bernie37] 09/10/2018 13:14

At what price?

[m1k3y1] 09/10/2018 11:48

Can't disagree spoole....it is looking very vulnerable to an approach from a US bank.

[spoole5] 09/10/2018 11:25

Has to be a point here where this is seriously vulnerable to a us bid with the weakened pound.

[diku] 09/10/2018 09:17

Yesterday finished at year lows and no momentum this morning suggest lower lows coming to 150p...hope not but there doesn't seem any confidence with price action...and as for FTSE it wants to retest this year lows again...if and when FTSE has one of those 250 - 300 points drop intraday... that will be the time to buy...No Advice Intended...

[portside1] 09/10/2018 08:38

go to Stafford the council allowed a new mall and guess what all the high street top names went into the new mall leaving Stafford high street empty a total mess

the council have destroyed the high street its a disgrace , do not blame mps its the
uneducated councillors who think they are great ,

well any one reading this from Stafford get rid of your useless dimwits called councillors

[johnwise] 09/10/2018 08:00

The Government damaged the diesel motor industry making thousands unemployed, now it's retailers getting bashed..Many High Street Retailers are fighting for their financial lives and some idiot MPs want to load more restrictions on them.


MPs demand action from firms including Primark and Next as they warn Britons buy more clothes every year than any other nation in Europe - and many of them end up in the bin

[johnwise] 09/10/2018 07:59

After the Governments attack on diesel cars:

Jaguar Land Rover introduces shutdown in response to poor sales



And despite Theresa May assuring drivers they will not be punished, average estimates suggest that the value of a diesel car could drop by around £3,000.

April 2017.. Andrea Leadsom, the Government’s environment secretary, is expected to unveil plans later this week to charge diesel motorists as much as £20 a day to get into 35 major cities.

[johnwise] 09/10/2018 07:39

U.S. officials have refrained from calling China a currency manipulator in the past. But with trade issues straining relations, there have been rising concerns that China is intentionally weakening its currency to deflect the impact of tariffs on its goods.

[m1k3y1] 08/10/2018 22:24

The solution to the national health problem is not to throw more money at it.
It certainly isn't to tax the people more .
It won't solve anything and the problem will still be there in another 5 years.

It will cost the conservatives the nest election.

[spoole5] 08/10/2018 22:00

Heading to the brexit lows. Bramson's investors must be fuming!

[m1k3y1] 08/10/2018 12:40

and what's happened to Bramson ???
He is like the scarlet pimpernel.

[m1k3y1] 08/10/2018 12:38

"Barclays is expected to report improving financial performance over the next couple of years."

A couple of years !!!!!
Geeees I think the shareholders have been waiting long enough.

[spoole5] 08/10/2018 12:01

Oh dear, 170 will surely go this time, then little support till 150. How much longer will shareholders back the board's pursuit of the wrong strategy?

[johnwise] 08/10/2018 09:21

Barclays is expected to report improving financial performance over the next couple of years. This could help it to pay a higher dividend over the medium term, with it due to yield over 4% in the next financial year.

This could increase investor interest in the stock, while a single-digit forward P/E ratio suggests that the company may have a margin of safety. While the banking sector may remain volatile, I feel that Barclays could perform relatively well.

[cernunnus] 08/10/2018 08:46

Totally agree portside.

[johnwise] 08/10/2018 06:55

"Wow sounds like Hammond wants Labour in next goverment? he needs reminding that was why the pensioners turned against the Conservatives in the Last General Election because of his dementia tax."

Philip Hammond plans pension pot RAID to increase NHS funding