Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[cheshire pete] 06/12/2019 09:33

Farage was up to it Alphorn. Took control, and the wind out of Neil.

[alphorn] 06/12/2019 09:21

Disagree. BJ is not up to it; it could cost the country dear.
(Unfortunately neither are any of the others - what a mess).

[ianood] 06/12/2019 09:20

If you get Corbyn inflation will return in grand style - guaranteed!

[aceuk] 06/12/2019 09:17

They are still fighting depression - inflation remains very unlikely, technology is seeing to that.

[m5] 06/12/2019 09:15

gnr, fair points. If he does not need to do it why do it,I get that train of thought.

[gotnorolex] 06/12/2019 09:11

Vilification of Boris by Andrew Neil, no chance! Excellent stage managing by Cummings his doppelganger!
This Week was axed! What now for the rottweiler? Boris deprives Andrew Neil of throwing spike strips in the path of his speeding car heading back to No10. Boris knows damn well, it will be another BBC skewed interrogation not an interview!

[alphorn] 06/12/2019 09:06

LIBOR fwiw is very stable going out 12mths.

[scruff1] 06/12/2019 09:03

It would appear that whatever the outcome (whoever is going to borrow the most) interest rates will surely be on the rise. That at least will be good for lloyds

[mr.elbee] 06/12/2019 09:01

BBC this am interviewing[uncritically]Hezbollah..and then allowing an extremely dopey Shadow woman to spout the £6,700 lies ....the female interviewer was more than useless,no statistical background whatever..they kept turning the Labour nutter up in volume and turning the interviewer down.

Close them down Nigel,please.

[cheshire pete] 06/12/2019 08:52

Corbyn's claims to have put processes in place to deal with anti-Semitism since he became leader are both misleading and unconvincing. The problem within the party has become manifest since he became leader. Had the scores of suspected anti-Semites connected with labour been summarily expelled then he might have been more credible. Instead there are on-going 'investigations' which sounds like half hearted lip service. Would these investigations be seen through to a conclusion were he to end up in Govt., I doubt it.
The electorate can see clearly that Corbyn is the reason for anti-Semitism within the labour party and that nothing will change while he is their leader.

[alphorn] 06/12/2019 08:30

1carus - you have got it as I am sure you would!

The numbers are truly horrendous and kept off the radar. Many countries in the same very leaky boat.

[1carus] 06/12/2019 08:25

Alp... I don't think our pension provision is funded at all. Each generation of pensions is paid for by the current tax payer. Fortunately, I have provisioned for my own pension so would not have to rely on the state pension. TBH, I would not mind if state pensions were means tested... Richard Branson is hardly going to need and extra 158 quid a week or so. My inflammatory post was just that, really just making the point that all is not well elswhere in europe and in reality the brexit debate is mute... brexit itself presents a minor change to staying in europe, in or out we are more likely to be affected by the health of the whole eu rather than the brexit decision itself. Population growth is the world's biggest problem, mass automation... which could happen very quickly, will remove many low skilled jobs. These two things with the current model for society will further grow the gap between rich and poor. We have to rethink what we value to change the way we coexist. Civil unrest seems to be just below the surface... different activists could easily hold the country in a state of turmoil with a really bad outcome... look at ER's activity this summer. ( ironically they won't be doing the same in the winter... to busy burning fossil fuels to stay warm at home etc) I think there has to be a change to a more socialist model, but not branded left or right wing. It's gonna need something that breaks the construct that society needs the masses to work 40hrs per week to fund the pyramid above them. The model is holding us back.

[alphorn] 06/12/2019 08:16

Max - it is an interesting compound worked on for a while now between Biogen and the compound's Japanese owner (Eisai). The trials had been stopped earlier in the year.
An interesting story about this compound, a $380m deal originally with a small Swiss start-up.
An Alzheimer drug would be a big blockbuster for any pharma.

[maxk] 06/12/2019 08:06

Hope for you lot (torygraph)




Alzheimer's breakthrough: First drug to slow disease

A drug that can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease has been found, scientists have announced. Researchers at Biogen pharmaceutical company released the results of a final phase trial in 3,000 people which showed that the drug can reduce "decline in function" by 40 per cent compared with a placebo over 18 months. Science Editor Sarah Knapton explains the significant improvements in memory and the ability to carry out everyday tasks by participants.

[xxxxxy] 06/12/2019 08:04

Vesta Meels 5 Dec 2019 10:01PM

Sturgeon's strategy is to 1. Keep the entire UK in the EU, and then 2. have a Scottish independence referendum and separate from the UK. That order is essential because she knows that if the UK leaves the EU, the Scots will never vote for independence because they would realise they wouldn't qualify for EU membership, with a hard border with England and they would be totally isolated.



She talks about Scotland "being dragged out of the EU against our will" - what she doesn't care about, however, is keeping England and Wales inside the EU against our will. Only the Scots are allowed democracy, eh, Nicola? A nasty piece of work.

[xxxxxy] 06/12/2019 08:03

ron mcmullan 6 Dec 2019 7:04AM

As an Ulsterman I have a deep affection and affinity with the Scots and have numerous Scottish friends and yet I am baffled how they continue to elect SNP politicians when by every rational and fair measurement this party is ruining their great country.

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Simon Jones 6 Dec 2019 7:09AM

they are thick - the bright ones tend to head south

[xxxxxy] 06/12/2019 08:02

Wales just want to defaecate on Corbyn and Momentum and Labour.

LEAVE and WTO

[xxxxxy] 06/12/2019 08:01

David Laurie 6 Dec 2019 8:00AM

If elected, Corbyn will never allow another Scottish referendum. Outside of the inner cities, England is Conservative to its boots, and Labour would struggle to form a government ever again without the aid of Scotland/SNP; especially as Wales have seen through them.

[jordaggy] 06/12/2019 05:21

If only...

UK nominal growth doubles to 8%
The UK economy has lagged ever since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Christopher Dembik, head of macroeconomic analysis at Saxo Bank, however, predicts the UK’s fortunes reversing following a victory for Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party at the 12 December general election – but in an unexpected way.

With a strong mandate, Johnson leads the UK out of the European Union (EU) on 31 January. However, the UK economy show sings of weakness and appears to be on the brink of a recession as post-Brexit uncertainty remains. “On the top of that, there is a growing discontent among the population, particularly among Brexiters, regarding the rise in gross inequalities in the country,” says Dembik.

As a result, to the shock of many, the government decides to embrace the ideas of ‘modern monetary policy’ (MMT) in a bid to restore confidence, as well as boosting GDP and investment.

“This is the largest fiscal stimulus program in the UK since the end of World War II. It leads to a massive increase in public spending in infrastructure, health system, education and the implementation of ambitious programmes to support the housing market and provide financial assistance to the most disadvantaged populations,” says Dembik.

This sees the public deficit growth rise to 6% of GDP. However, says Dembik: “To everyone’s surprise, post-Brexit Britain’s nominal growth goes from 3.5% to 8% in 2020. The business community applauds the MMT policy, the FTSE 100 is among the best-performing European indices in 2020, and foreign investors massively come back to the United Kingdom. Brexit is a success.”