Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[owencoffin] 18/3/2020 15:22

'Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey on Wednesday, 18 March, suggested that the central bank was considering printing money and giving it directly to UK households'

yipee

[ladeside] 18/3/2020 15:10

GNR, It is actually a very simplistic dynamic, the country is split almost in half between those who see themselves as British and those who see themselves as Scottish.

The British element are very proud of their British heritage, the union and even the empire, on the other hand you have those who maybe have a little chip on their shoulder and probably do tend to blame most ills on "Britain" / "England" but they look towards a better country more along the lines of the scandinavian socialist model.

Religion comes into it slightly but not as much as you'd maybe think, although the staunch Unionists do tend to describe themselves as proud Protestants and you'll also find that the majority who attend Ibrox are also the most "loyal" of unionists.

Thankfully the religious stuff is dying out with each generation with the younger ones thinking for themselves as opposed to being "brought up in a certain way".

For those of us who lived through the Thatcher era and saw the decimation of our industries and the way that Scotland was used as the guinea pig for the poll tax, Yes, we have long memories and Yes, many of us are still bitter about it.

Will the SNP make everything right ?, will they improve peoples lives ? Who knows ? However the only way to answer that question is to try. If it doesn't work then it's a democracy and new Governments with new directions will be elected, however that's all for the future as we have more pressing issues to be dealing with at the moment.........

[mr.elbee] 18/3/2020 15:09

endless


the remainer civil servants have a real opportunity to get back at Boris by dragging their sad little feet.

[gotnorolex] 18/3/2020 15:09

Japan will send them aid no doubt, for their diaspora.

[diku] 18/3/2020 15:08

Wonder how long winded procedure will be for companies to get the Gov loan from banks...

[k38] 18/3/2020 15:00

LATESTChile..Declares national state of catastrophe and emergency over covid-19.IMF "Venezuela request billions in virus aid:"

[gotnorolex] 18/3/2020 14:55

LADESIDE All about Tooorry phobia then?

[crossing_the_rubicon] 18/3/2020 14:54

"Cromw3ll18 Mar '20 - 14:42 - 297077 of 297080
crossing, going into overdrive mate. Calm down and go to the pub for a pint"

Hardly.
Just relaying facts.

Don't need to go to the pub - have my own, down the garden :)

Perfectly calm as well. As not fussed if we get quarantined. Expected it.
So will spend my spring/summer tending my veggie garden and orchard.

I'd be more worried about complacent people such as yourself franky.

[mr.elbee] 18/3/2020 14:51

the 20k is fraud based on bad computer modelling and erroneous science.

a few thou at most

this is the same as Brexit and Global warming..the truth is ALWAYS hidden.

[mr.elbee] 18/3/2020 14:48

This is just to reassure the markets,and to fit in with what Donald is doing...but he has given far to much leeway to the mad doctors who in the WHO have ALWAYS been wrong ,with ebola,sars,swine flu [you name it] in their predictions of doom...by a factor of about one hundred..Boris knows in 2 weeks time the visits to the pub and criticisms of him will increase....then there will be a miraculous tailing off in the number of deaths

Boris the hero...
doctors..arent they wonderful..they have saved us.

[ladeside] 18/3/2020 14:45

GNR, For the majority it was never about "wealth", certainly not in monetary terms.

[ladeside] 18/3/2020 14:43

Pierre, I actually don't disagree with you, however neither you nor I are in full receipt of the facts, as such I'm tending to believe that most of the worlds Governments (many of them ruthless regimes) wouldn't actively choose to destroy their own economies if they possibly had any sort of viable alternative.

In a nutshell, I don't think we're being told the half of it.......

[cromw3ll] 18/3/2020 14:42

crossing, going into overdrive mate. Calm down and go to the pub for a pint.

[mr.elbee] 18/3/2020 14:42

Has Boris just accepted everything the health officials tabled I wonder

exactly Mr trees.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 18/3/2020 14:35

Sobering....

Nine Meals From Anarchy...


Fear of starvation is fundamentally different from other fears of shortages. Even good people panic. In such times, it’s advantageous to be living in a rural setting, as far from the centre of panic as possible. It’s also advantageous to store food in advance that will last for several months, if necessary. However, even these measures are no guarantee, as, today, modern highways and efficient cars make it easy for anyone to travel quickly to where the goods are. The ideal is to be prepared to sit out the crisis in a country that will be less likely to be impacted by dramatic inflation – where the likelihood of a food crisis is low and basic safety is more assured.

[k38] 18/3/2020 14:33

Diku..Was the Russians who release the virus in China Iran Italy and UK. They do have vaccine but only for themselves.

[pierre oreilly] 18/3/2020 14:33

Ladeside,

The questions being asked of the scientists is 'how do we minimise deaths from covid'

and they probably get the correct answer, and act on that. No one disputes that scientific advice.


in my view, what should be asked is 'How do we minimise total deaths from covid and the consequencies of our actions'.


See the difference? Nope, thought not. It's not a case of posters going against scientific advice. It's that the wrong question is being asked of them. How many deaths from the stress the redunancy of hundreds of thousadn causes? Extra deaths from the poverty induced? It's the total deaths from covid plus the consequencies of actions which should be minimised. The consequencies are currently just being ignored altogether.

Whether you agree with my point or not, can you now see my point? and perhaps admit, that as a scientist, i'm not one to go against scientific advice one iota? (pns isn't science btw, before minny responds)).

[gotnorolex] 18/3/2020 14:32

LADESIDE The whole idea for leaving the Union was because the Scotts felt they would be a richer Country notwithstanding Robbie Burns. Terry Macalister said if the oil revenue was divided amongst it's citizens, each would be a millionaire!
If they rejoin the EU, there goes their fishing waters. So when she said "Together we will get through this" did "we" mean the Union, or just the would be insular Scotts?
When we say "Better Together" we mean the whole of the UK.

[mister md] 18/3/2020 14:30

CNBC talking about this being not another banking crisis but a temporary earnings crisis for the banks - and that bank shares looking highly attractive

[aljm] 18/3/2020 14:30

ewwwww minerve 2....

[diku] 18/3/2020 14:30

But none in Russia?..

[minerve 2] 18/3/2020 14:29

Maybe we should go and lick each other and get the thing over and done with in the next 18 days.

[ladeside] 18/3/2020 14:29

Yes, Lockdown imminent I'd think. As I say, we're just mirroring everyone else about 10 days later after we've tried our own way and failed.