Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[xxxxxy] 02/3/2020 08:52

Boycott German cars and other German products

No Deal

[pierre oreilly] 02/3/2020 08:52

Alp, UK law is based on socratic argument, EU law is based on furthering left wing EU policies.

[alphorn] 02/3/2020 08:45

max - before you make any further posts on the subject of law I suggest that you might benefit from some study in the subject and how the bases differ from the UK plus most of the ex-colonies and nearly all other countries in the world.

You make yourself rather stupid.

[pierre oreilly] 02/3/2020 08:44

Cummins is right, all civil servants above a certain level who think they are the dog which wags the mps' tails should be booted out.

[xxxxxy] 02/3/2020 08:41

Priti Patel GOODEUSSR BAD

[minerve 2] 02/3/2020 08:37

Virus Life.

[scruff1] 02/3/2020 08:32

Gbh2
What's that mean ?

[gbh2] 02/3/2020 08:30

negative reaction from lloy's share price :(

[gotnorolex] 02/3/2020 08:26

Carbolic soap was the norm in the countries of heat, dust and cholera!
All raw vegetables and fruit were washed in Condy's Crystal solutions!

[utrickytrees] 02/3/2020 08:24

Cummings has to move these government departments outside of London which is just a rats nests of lefty europhile civil servants.
All the top UK cities could have a department each. It's high time government was decentralized & chinless civil servants made to take a reality check outside of the Westminster bubble.

[mikemichael2] 02/3/2020 08:21

'Soap has mild antibacterial properties, but it does not kill viruses'

[maxk] 02/3/2020 08:08

Ordinary soap will do.

[mikemichael2] 02/3/2020 08:06

Government advice is to wash hands with sanitiser soap, however none on all supermarket shelves!!!! that's a good start.

[mitchy] 02/3/2020 07:57

Positive news on the U.S trade deal.

[xxxxxy] 02/3/2020 07:56

Relations with the civil serviceBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: MARCH 2, 2020The theory is straightforward. Ministers decide on policies they wish to see implemented, or identify problems that need government solutions. Civil servants advise on the best ways of implementing a policy or solving a problem. Ministers decide between these options and civil servants get on, implement and administer the policy.Civil servants can  refuse to implement only if the Minister is wanting to do something  illegal or contrary to the agreed view of the government. They are not meant to let their own personal preferences and political views get in the way of carrying out a governing party Manifesto or the agreed wishes of the Cabinet or  of a Minister with devolved power.It is further agreed that only Ministers speak to the public and Parliament to explain and defend the policies and actions of the government, with the exceptions that civil servants may be employed as spokesmen and women to put across the agreed government policy in off the record briefings or occasionally as  nominated experts on the record. Ministers do not reveal what advice they were given and civil servants do not brief out their views on the advice and on how the Minister took the decision.This system sometimes breaks down. Ministers can let fly about civil servants and civil servants can brief against Ministers. Throughout our period in the EU our membership of the EU has created a substantial tension  between Ministers wanting to govern the country and a civil service keen to maximise the constraints the EU imposes on self government.The civil service as a whole admires the EU and likes the behind closed doors approach to legislating in the Council. Ministers are often told they cannot carry out their promises or meet the wishes of many UK voters because to do so would violate some EU Directive or regulation or Treaty requirement.  When I was a Minister and since then the civil service preferred method of dealing with the EU is to find out what it wants to do next and tell Ministers they should welcome it  or go along with it.The current rows between Ministers and officials are related to the wish of the majority of the public to "take back control". The paradox is the civil service does not wish to do this, but has used every opportunity in the last three and half years to try to recreate many features of current EU governance once we have "left". Instead of preparing us for the opportunities of exit they have run a Remain based Project Fear machine. We have seen the results in  some published statements and reviews, and in leaks. Much of it is shoddy and alarmist, unrelated to the reality of what is likely to happen.So we have the Home Office trying to dilute the borders policy to recreate free movement of people. We have the Treasury trying to bake Maastricht debt controls, the austerity policy, back into a domestic version. We have some in  the Environment Department trying to perpetuate EU fishing and farming policies. We have some Defence and Foreign office officials wanting to bind the UK into common defence procurement and more common operations with EU forces to make a European army  more feasible. We have Trade and FCO officials not wanting a US trade deal for fear of it annoying the EU. There are of course many able and good individual civil servants and some who do like Brexit, but overall the civil service wants to take no risks by the UK doing something the EU may not approve.It is this culture of EU best and EU first that some good Ministers are trying to change. Expect more sparks to fly. I know  which side I am on.

[mitchy] 02/3/2020 07:55

DOW futures up.

[mitchy] 02/3/2020 07:50

Tax cuts in the budget more likely because of covid. They will actively try and stimulate the economy in my opinion. But there will be more pain ahead for sure.

[careful] 02/3/2020 07:50

A massive overreaction?
this thing may fizzle out as most flu type viruses do.
each year the flue virus modifies itself, ever changing.
What subtle differences between this virus and the flu is for experts.

[pierre oreilly] 02/3/2020 07:47

I'd say put those at risk first. That's old weak people, not our strong children who can easily fight off something not even as bad as the flu. Suggest the old folk isolate themselves and no sneaking out to wetherspoons. Otherwise just carry on as normal and take the risk, which maybe large for the vulnerable imv.

[action] 02/3/2020 07:44

BLOOMBERG VIEW

[action] 02/3/2020 07:44

Rally may last week or two before bears bring price down again. DYOR.

[gbh2] 02/3/2020 07:38

I've not see Panic buying this last twenty years, the Hedge Funds usually walk it up in a controlled manner :)

[mitchy] 02/3/2020 07:31

Ironically if we see panic buying the retail figures are going to be stonking.